Download or read book Imagining Holiness written by Justin Jaron Lewis and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hasidic tales are often read as charming, timeless expressions of Jewish spirituality. The best-known versions of these stories, however, have been rewritten for audiences outside traditional Judaism and few works have explored Hasidic tales as they were created by Hasidic Jews.