The reluctant prophet
Publisher: Sherbourne Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Prophecies; Mysticism; Judaism; Dreams; Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. The history of the brochure; title: 2. European anti-Semitism in the late nineteenth century and Wechsler's prophetic response; title: 3. Wechsler's personality as revealed in the brochure; his justification by dreams for publishing the brochure; title: 4. Wechsler's diagnosis of the sickness of his time; title: 5. Conflict and renewed decision to publish the brochure; title: 6. The dreams in chronological order; title: 7. Wechsler's dream theory and its Jewish sources; title: 8. Wechsler a genuine prophet?; title: 9. The "Christ" dream; title: 10. The "heavenly court" dream; title: 11. Three short dreams; title: 12. The "Rumanian" dreams; title: 13. The cloud; title: 14. The first "Elijah" dream; title: 15. The dream of receiving the prophetic call; title: 16. Two dreams of naming a child; title: 17. The dream of the divine light; title: 18. The second "Elijah" call; title: 19. The personal message of the dreams to Rabbi Wechsler.