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Jews in Early Modern Poland: Polin: 10 by Gershon David Hundert; Krzysztof Śliwiński; Jacob Goldberg; Theresa Prout; Chava Weissler; Elimelech Westreich; Elchanan Reiner; Zenon Guldon; Jacek Wijaczka; Jolanta Kisler-Goldstein; Thomas C Hubka; Murray Jay Rosman; Daniel Stone; Paul Coates; Gertrud Pickhan; Uta Ruge; Chone Shmeruk; Anna Barber; Israel M Ta-Shma; David Louvish; Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies (Oxford) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Jewish society in Poland-Lithuania in the second half of the eighteenth century was by no means insular: Jews numbered about 750,000, and comprised about half the urban population of the country. The contact between Jews and the wider Polish society found expression in the languages Jews knew, in their marriage patterns, even in their synagogue architecture and decoration, but also in Polish accusations of Jewish ritual murder. All these aspects are here systematically reviewed. Internal factors influencing developments within Jewish society are discussed: treatments of the medieval rabbinic ban on polygamy, as well as various influences of the growing interest in kabbalah-its impact on synagogue structure, on prayer, and on the spiritual world of women. The growth of hasidism is considered through critical analysis of the legends about its founder, Israel Ba'al Shem Tov. This wealth of topics helps to fill the gaps in our understanding of Jewish life in this important period. The New Views section of the volume incorporates valuable studies on other topics. Articles include a revisionist view of the beginnings of Polish Jewry, based on analysis of medieval manuscripts; a thought-p

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Author

Gershon David Hundert; Krzysztof Śliwiński; Jacob Goldberg; Theresa Prout; Chava Weissler; Elimelech Westreich; Elchanan Reiner; Zenon Guldon; Jacek Wijaczka; Jolanta Kisler-Goldstein; Thomas C Hubka; Murray Jay Rosman; Daniel Stone; Paul Coates; Gertrud Pickhan; Uta Ruge; Chone Shmeruk; Anna Barber; Israel M Ta-Shma; David Louvish; Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies (Oxford)

Publisher

The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization : publ. for The Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781909821613

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Religion, World History