| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 299 pages) |
| Series |
The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies |
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S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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| Contents |
Ha-Gaon He-Hasid : in his own time and for succeeding generations -- The Vilna Gaon and Haskalah -- The Vilna Gaon and the beginning of the struggle against Hasidism -- The Vilna Gaon and the Mitnagdim as seen by the Hasidim -- Rabbi Hayyim of Volozhin's response to Hasidism -- Talmudic scholarship and the rabbinate in Lithuanian Jewry during the nineteenth century -- Torah and yira in the thought and practice of the Vilna Gaon |
| Summary |
A legendary figure in his own lifetime, Rabbi Eliahu ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797) was known as the "Gaon of Vilna." He was the acknowledged master of Talmudic studies in the vibrant intellectual center of Vilna, revered throughout Eastern Europe for his |
| Analysis |
Humaniora Jødisk kultur og historie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-294) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Elijah ben Solomon, 1720-1797 -- Influence.
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Elijah ben Solomon, 1720-1797.
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Hasidism -- History -- 18th century.
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Rabbis -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- Biography.
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Vilnius (Lithuania) -- Biography.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Green, Yaacov Jeffrey.
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| LC no. |
2001008254 |
| ISBN |
0520925076 (electronic bk.) |
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0585441154 (electronic bk.) |
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1597346276 |
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9780520925076 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585441153 (electronic bk.) |
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9781597346276 |
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