Tradition and Crisis? Eighteenth-Century Critiques of the Polish-Lithuanian Rabbinate.

In this article, I examine the critiques of the rabbinate expressed by four major groups within eighteenth-century Polish Jewish society: the communal leadership, the maskilim, the rabbinic elite, and adherents to the nascent Hasidic movement. All were agreed that contemporary rabbis were venal, ign...

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Publicado en:Jewish Social Studies Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 1 - 40
Autor principal: Teller, Adam
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Indiana University Press Apr2011
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