The Gaon of Vilna: the man and his image

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 scholar...

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Main Author: Eṭḳes, ʿImanuʾel 1939- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Hebrew
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Published: Berkeley [u.a.] University of Californiarnia Press c 2002
In:Year: 2002
Series/Journal:The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Eliyahu ben Shelomoh Zalman 1720-1797 / Vilnius
Further subjects:B Vilnius (Lithuania) Biography
B Elijah ben Solomon (1720-1797)
B Elijah ben Solomon (1720-1797) Influence
B Rabbis (Lithuania) (Vilnius) Biography
B Hasidism History 18th century
B Bibliography
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0520223942