Studying Hasidism

"Impressive..readers will learn new things about Hasidism even while their horizons broaden to see new ways of thinking about sources."

~Naomi Seidman, author of The Marriage Plot or, How Jews Fell in Love with Love, and with Literature

"The contributors to Studying Hasidism are the academic equivalent of an all-star team while the topics covered are the wish-list of anyone interested in Hasidism. Up to date, original and comprehensive–there is nothing like it."

~Shaul Stampfer, author of Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century: Creating a Tradition of Learning

"Marcin Wodzinski has assembled eleven respected scholars for this work on Hasidism. Much more than an excellent textbook, it focuses on a wide range of important issues not generally emphasized in histories of this pious movement whose membership even now amounts to nearly a million people, roughly seven percent of the world’s Jewish population. Intellectually challenging and engagingly written, the book should appeal to everyone interested in the history of modern Jewry."

~Abraham Ascher, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Graduate Center, City University of New York

"Comprised of thirteen erudite and informative articles by experts in Hasidic culture and customs, Studying Hasidism: Sources, Methods, Perspectives is an extraordinary, unique, and impressively informative contribution to the growing library of Hasidic literature and an invaluable addition to personal, community, and academic library Judaic Studies collections."

~Midwest Book Review

"Studying Hasidism is certainly a valuable tool for both scholars and advanced students of Hasidism. It goes beyond the editor’s previous works in not only laying out a vision of what direction the historical analysis of Hasidism can take, by actually providing systematic tools with which to do so." 

~Tradition