{"product_id":"portraits-9781438483979","title":"Portraits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElie Wiesel identified himself as a Vizhnitzer Hasid, who was above all things a witness to the testimony and teaching of the Jewish tradition at the core of the Hasidic tradition. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile he is well known for his testimony on the Holocaust and as a messenger to humanity, he is less well known for his engagement with the teachings of Jewish tradition and the Hasidic heritage that informs that engagement. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortraits\u003c\/i\u003e illuminate Wiesel's Jewish teachings and the Hasidic legacy that he embraced by examining how he brought to life the sages of the Jewish tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Patterson reveals that Wiesel's Hasidic engagement with the holy texts of the Jewish tradition does not fall into the usual categories of exegesis or hermeneutics and of commentary or textual analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather, he engages not the text but the person, the teacher, and the soul. This book is a summons to remember the testimony reduced to ashes and the voices that cry out from those ashes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust as the teaching is embodied in the teachers, so is the tradition embodied in their portraits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Patterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438483979\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e is Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Holocaust and the Nonrepresentable: Literary and Photographic Transcendence\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by SUNY Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39826693881971,"sku":"9781438483979","price":157.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_76c3bccb-e03b-4f49-93db-ba50cad946ab.jpg?v=1644553883","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/portraits-9781438483979","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}