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Rabbis and revolution, the Jews of Moravia in the age of emancipation, Michael Laurence Miller

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Rabbis and revolution, the Jews of Moravia in the age of emancipation, Michael Laurence Miller
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-442) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Rabbis and revolution
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
630479980
Responsibility statement
Michael Laurence Miller
Series statement
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Sub title
the Jews of Moravia in the age of emancipation
Table Of Contents
From Premyslids to Habsburgs : Moravian Jewry in the "Land of Canaan" -- Rabbinic enlightenment : Mordecai Benet and the Moravian Haskalah, 1789-1829 -- Nehemias Trebitsch and the decline of the Moravian chief rabbinate, 1832-1842 -- Locking antlers : Hirsch Fassel, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and the forging of a new rabbinical ideal -- Conflict and revolution : Samson Raphael Hirsch and the politics of leadership, 1847-1849 -- On the altar of freedom : Moravian Jewry and the Revolution of 1848 -- Emancipation and its aftershocks : the reorganization of Moravian Jewry -- Drifting rabbis, shifting centers, and the burgeoning Czech-German conflict
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