tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post7664447284355151184..comments2023-10-22T09:19:57.342-04:00Comments on אישים ושיטות: This is scholarship...Wolf2191http://www.blogger.com/profile/13577870680689849400noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-70230571199513952962010-06-17T16:09:14.230-04:002010-06-17T16:09:14.230-04:00I know very little about the issues and personalit...I know very little about the issues and personalities here, but to be fair, journalists are notorious for misquoting their subjects and quoting them out of context, especially on topics that are (for them) arcane and esoteric. In this particular case, there's not even a quote, so it's obviously a paraphrase. Who knows what Heilman actually said, and in what context?Yitzhakhttp://bdld.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-69589957015526150722010-06-17T11:29:08.064-04:002010-06-17T11:29:08.064-04:00Except you can't build your whole analysis on ...Except you can't build your whole analysis on the idea that the late Rebbe wasn't interested in chasidus in his Paris years when you have Torah writings written by him during that period and then just say "Oh, yeah, we didn't take that into account". <br />Worse yet, the review implies that not only did they dismiss his Torah writings, they also dismissed his correspondence. <br />How idiotic indeed. But hardly surprising. I know many a scholar who claims to study religious groups from a sociological point of view but adamantly refuse to have a look into their texts so as to "not compromise the purity of their analyses". O tempora, o mores...Chanokhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-5068772179456886982010-06-16T23:33:45.418-04:002010-06-16T23:33:45.418-04:00"Many biographies are largely based on schola..."Many biographies are largely based on scholarly writings."<br /><br />Indeed, RR Margolios wrote a biography of the Marharsha that great portions of it were based on things he wrote in his commentary.<br /><br />But maybe we can distinguish between biographies. The Nefesh Harav was an intelectual portrait of the Rav. Perhaps the Heileman book is the exact opposite. Dont know, I merely propose. <br /><br />DFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com