Arthur Green is a scholar of Jewish mysticism, and this Journal of the American Academy of Religion article is his scholarly study of the zaddiq, the righteous leader, as an axis mundi figure within later Hasidic Judaism. Its strength is that it is a peer reviewed article in a leading religious studies journal by a specialist in Hasidism and Kabbalah, situating the zaddiq concept within comparative religious categories with real analytical rigor. Its limit is that it addresses the zaddiq concept as it developed in later Hasidism specifically, so a claim about earlier rabbinic leadership concepts needs a source with that different historical scope.
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Published in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, a peer reviewed journal for the field, Arthur Green's article, peer reviewed university-level scholarship. NotesScholarly article on the zaddiq (righteous leader) as an axis mundi figure in later Hasidic Judaism.
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AuthorArthur Green
PublisherJournal of the American Academy of Religion
Publication Year1977
Source TypeJournal article
Claims Backed By This Source (26 claims)
This source backs 26 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Religious Roles & Titles, 13 claims: 6 well-attested, 5 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Pilgrimage Routes, 4 claims: 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
- Denominations, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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