Rabbis and revolution : the Jews of Moravia in the age of emancipation

Author/Creator:

Miller, Michael Laurence

Publication/Creation:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2011]

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

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

Series Titles:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Jews--Czech Republic--Moravia--History--19th century
Judaism--Czech Republic--Moravia--History--19th century
Moravia (Czech Republic)--Ethnic relations--Political aspects--History--19th century
Austria--History--Revolution, 1848-1849--Influence

Description/Summary

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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xv, 464 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990016678100302486

ISBN:

0804770565 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804770569 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

630479980

Barcode:

010002501551