The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference: With a New Introduction

David Berger

The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference

With a New Introduction

This book is a history, an indictment, a lament, and an appeal, focusing on the messianic trend in Lubavitch hasidism. It records the shattering of one of Judaism's core beliefs and the remarkable equanimity with which the standard-bearers of Orthodoxy have allowed it to happen. This is a development of striking importance for the history of religions, and it is an earthquake inthe history of Judaism. David Berger describes the unfolding of this historic phenomenon and proposes a strategy to contain it.

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The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference

With a New Introduction

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-v

Acknowledgements
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Note on Style and Transliteration
pp ix-x

Introduction to the Paperback Edition
pp xi-xliv

Introduction
pp 1-3

1 - From Heroism to Heterodoxy: The Crisis of a Movement and the Danger to a Faith
pp 4-17

2 - The New Messianism: Passing Phenomenon or Turning Point in the History of Judaism?
pp 18-31

3 - Aborted Initiatives and Sustained Attacks
pp 32-40

4 - The Second Coming: A Rejoinder
pp 41-52

5 - Revisiting the Second Coming
pp 53-61

6 - The Rabbinical Council of America Resolution
pp 62-75

7 - The Council of Torah Sages
pp 76-80

8 - The Spectre of Idolatry
pp 81-90

9 - On False Messianism, Idolatry, and Lubavitch
pp 91-94

10 - Debating Avodah Zarah
pp 95-110

11 - Judaism is Changing Before Our Eyes
pp 111-116

12 - From Margin to Mainstream: The Consolidation and Expansion of the Messianist Beachhead
pp 117-133

13 - Explaining the Inexplicable
pp 134-142

14 - What Must Be Done?
pp 143-148

Epitaph
pp 149-150

Appendix I - On a Messiah who Dies with his Mission Unfulfilled: Selected Quotations
pp 151-158

Appendix II - The Parameters of Avodah Zarah
pp 159-174

Appendix III - Tosafot on ‘Association’ (Shituf)
pp 175-177

Glossary
pp 178-178

Bibliography
pp 179-186

Index
pp 187-195

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