Home and Away: The Opposition to Travel in Sefer Hasidim

被引:4
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作者
Liberles, Ahuva [1 ]
机构
[1] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
基金
以色列科学基金会; 欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
Travel; Jewish-Christian relations; Family; Atonement; R.Judah he-Hasid; MEDIEVAL; RHINELAND;
D O I
10.1007/s10835-021-09376-5
中图分类号
K [历史、地理];
学科分类号
06 ;
摘要
This paper examines R.Judah he-Hasid's approach towards journeys to distant places, including pilgrimage to the land of Israel. Unlike other twelfth-century rabbinic authorities who did not object to travel for various purposes and, in certain cases, even encouraged it, R.Judah he-Hasid held a uniform, consistent approach that opposed almost any journey beyond the local area. Some scholars have suggested that R.Judah he-Hasid's opposition to undertaking a pilgrimage to the land of Israel reflects his opposition to messianic activism. However, this study suggests that R. Judah he-Hasid's negative approach towards traveling to Palestine ought to be examined in light of his overall rejection of travel. In his writings, R.Judah he-Hasid laid out a new path to achieve redemption and atonement for one's sins. This path does not depend on physical journeys to holy places or on the national redemption of the Jewish people, but rather aimed at achieving personal redemption, through the adoption of the pietistic way of life as detailed by R.Judah he-Hasid in Sefer Hasidim: repentance by confessing one's sins before a sage and performing the prescribed mortification rites. This approach remained unique in Jewish thought, yet one can find parallels in Christian theology of the tension between stability and inner self-improvement, on the one hand, and the advantages of a physical journey to holy sites to achieve atonement for sins.
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页码:107 / 123
页数:17
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