The genius : Elijah of Vilna and the making of modern Judaism

Stern, Eliyahu 1976- (Author).

Summary: Elijah ben Solomon, the 'Genius of Vilna', was perhaps the best-known and most understudied figure in modern Jewish history. This book offers a new narrative of Jewish modernity based on Elijah's life and influence. While the experience of Jews in modernity has often been described as a process of Western European secularisation - with Jews becoming citizens of Western nation-states, congregants of reformed synagogues, and assimilated members of society - the book uses Elijah's story to highlight a different theory of modernisation for European life.

Record details

ISBN: 1283906554
ISBN: 9781283906555
ISBN: 0300179308
ISBN: 9780300179309
ISBN: 0300183224
ISBN: 9780300183221
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages)
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Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2013.

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General Note:	Multi-User. Terms of use - CatMonthString:october.16 CatMonthString:jun.14 Multi-user.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Elijah and Vilna in historical perspective -- Elijah's worldview -- Elijah and the Enlightenment -- The Gaon versus Hasidism -- The biur and the yeshiva -- The genius.
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Source of Description Note:	Print version record.