The Genius [electronic resource] : Elijah of Vilna and the making of modern Judaism / Eliyahu Stern

Author:: Stern, Eliyahu, 1976-
Published:: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2013.
Physical Description:: xiv, 322 p. ; 24 cm.

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Contents:

Elijah and Vilna in historical perspective -- Elijah's worldview -- Elijah and the Enlightenment -- The Gaon versus Hasidism -- The biur and the yeshiva -- The genius.

Subject(s):

Elijah ben Solomon, 1720-1797
Rabbis—Lithuania—Vilnius—Biography
Judaism—History
Vilnius (Lithuania)—Biography

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Electronic books

ISBN:

9780300179309 (alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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