The Quest for the Lost Princess in Rabbi Nachman of Braslav's "Book of Stories from Ancient Times"

Azriel, Yakov Shammai

dc.contributor.advisor	Resnick, Max	en
dc.contributor.advisor	Schwartz, J.
dc.contributor.author	Azriel, Yakov Shammai	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T10:50:07Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T10:50:07Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-25T10:50:07Z
dc.date.submitted	2003-11-29	en
dc.identifier.citation	Azriel, Yakov Shammai (2009) The Quest for the Lost Princess in Rabbi Nachman of Braslav's "Book of Stories from Ancient Times", University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1159>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1159
dc.description.abstract	One of the most innovative and original Hasidic leaders and thinkers, Rabbi Nachman of Braslav (1772 – 1810), related thirteen long, complex fables during the final four years of his life. This doctoral thesis presents an analysis of the quest for the Lost Princess in Rabbi Nachman of Braslav's "Book of Stories in Ancient Times." The image of the Lost Princess and the quest to find and rescue her, which appear in four of these stories (including the first and the last ones), are central symbols in Rabbi Nachman's thought. The most important key to an analysis of this image and theme lies in understanding the symbols and concepts of the Jewish mystical tradition (the Kabbalah), as Rabbi Nachman himself suggested.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (363 p.) : ill.
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Rabbi Nachman of Braslav	en
dc.subject	Hasidism	en
dc.subject	Kabbalah	en
dc.subject	Jewish mysticism	en
dc.subject	Redemption	en
dc.subject	Jewish literature	en
dc.subject	Hasidic literature	en
dc.subject	Allegory	en
dc.subject	East European Jewry	en
dc.subject	Rabbi Nathan of Nemirov	en
dc.subject.ddc	296.833
dc.subject.lcsh	Theology -- Study and teaching -- Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Hasidism -- Legends
dc.subject.lcsh	Cabala -- Early works to 1800
dc.subject.lcsh	Naḥman, of Bratslav, 1772-1811 Sefer sipore ma`aśiyot mishnim ḳadmoniyot
dc.title	The Quest for the Lost Princess in Rabbi Nachman of Braslav's "Book of Stories from Ancient Times"	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
dc.contributor.email	watkiapj@unisa.ac.za	en
dc.description.department	Classsics, Near and Far East and Religious Studies	en
dc.description.degree	D. Litt. et Phil. (Judaica)	en