Joseph Davis. Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller: Portrait of a Seventeenth-Century Rabbi. Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. xii, 302 pp.
The biography of a well-chosen rabbinic figure tells much more than simply the life of an individual; it opens up diverse facets of Jewish life in a given time and place. It also sheds light on the histories of a number of communities because, alas, it was (and is) the lot of many a communal rabbi—e...
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Format: | Electronic Review |
Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2006
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AJS review
Year: 2006, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 203-206 |
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Summary: | The biography of a well-chosen rabbinic figure tells much more than simply the life of an individual; it opens up diverse facets of Jewish life in a given time and place. It also sheds light on the histories of a number of communities because, alas, it was (and is) the lot of many a communal rabbi—even those of the first rank—to be kicked around from place to place. |
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ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009406280097 |