Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. ABBREVIATIONS xiii
5. Introduction: Incarnation and Incarnational Thinking 1
6. 1. Divinization and Incarnational Thinking in Hasidism: An Overview 15
7. 2. Charisma Speaking: Uniqueness, Incarnation, and Sacred Language (Lashon ha-Kodesh) in Nahman of Bratslav’s Self-Fashioning 31
8. 3. Jewish Ethics Through a Hasidic Lens: Incarnation, the Law, and the Universal 51
9. 4. Malkhut as Kenosis: Malkhut and the Zaddik in Ya’akov Koppel Lifshitz of Mezritch’s Sha’arei Gan Eden 81
10. 5. “Brother Where Art Thou?” Reflections on Jesus in Martin Buber and the Hasidic Master Shmuel Bornstein of Sochaczev 113
11. 6. Liberal Judaism, Christianity, and the Specter of Hasidism 137
12. Postscript 171
13. Notes 179
14. Bibliography 233
15. Index 263