The Gaon of Vilna : the man and his image

Etkes, I. (Author). Green, Yaacov Jeffrey. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 6612356537
ISBN: 9786612356537
ISBN: 9781597346276
ISBN: 1597346276
ISBN: 9780585441153
ISBN: 0585441154
ISBN: 0520925076
ISBN: 9780520925076
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 299 pages)
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Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-294) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	Translated from the Hebrew.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.