Verbal exuberance and social engineering: gossip in Ḥafetz Ḥayim
Ḥafetz Ḥayim, first published in 1873, is a renowned Jewish work on the sin of "evil speech." It has the reputation of seeking to put a stop to derogatory gossip. Such an attempt would have been staggeringly difficult, especially since Yiddish-speaking Eastern European Jewish culture was k...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2015]
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Studies in religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 208-232 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kahan, Israel M. 1838-1933, Hạfeṣ Ḥayyîm
/ Gossip
/ Defamation
/ Criticism
/ Social history studies
/ Orthodox Judaism
/ Yiddish
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BH Judaism |
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Volltext (doi) |