Arthur Green is a scholar of Jewish mysticism, and this academic book, published by University of Alabama Press, is a critical biography and psychological study of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav, the founder of Breslov Hasidism, drawing on Nahman's own writings and the testimonies of his followers to reconstruct both his teaching and his personal spiritual struggles. Its strength is that Green treats Nahman's own reported psychological turmoil as integral to understanding his theology, rather than separating the man from the teaching, a genuinely influential approach in later Hasidic studies. Its limit is that, as one scholar's interpretive psychological and historical reading, some of its more speculative biographical inferences about Nahman's inner life remain necessarily interpretive rather than documentarily certain.
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AuthorArthur Green
PublisherUniversity of Alabama Press
Publication Year1979
URLhttps://archive.org/details/tormentedmasterl0000gree
Source Typeacademic biography
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Arthur Green's standard academic biography of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav, covering his settling and death at Uman and his instruction that followers gather at his grave. NotesThe standard academic biography of Nahman of Bratslav; covers his settling and death at Uman and his instruction to gather at his grave.
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This source backs 69 claims across the atlas. As facts: 48 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds, 2 connected, 1 held Differently. Plus 12 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 17 claims: 12 well-attested, 2 connected, 3 general references.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 11 claims: 9 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Practices, 10 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Denominations, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 held Differently, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Pilgrimage Routes, 5 claims: 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 4 claims: 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Historical Figures, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sacred Sites, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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