A Jewish-Pietist Network: Dialogues between Protestant Missionaries and Yiddish Writers in Eighteenth-Century Germany

This essay considers intercultural exchange within the framework of the early modern missionary encounter, concentrating on the Pietist mission in eighteenth-century Germany. The complex ramifications of Protestant Pietism for Jewish history have not received sustained scholarly attention; this essa...

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Main Author: Voss, Rebekka (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn Press 2022
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2022, Volume: 112, Issue: 4, Pages: 731-763
Further subjects:B Christian missionizing
B Translation
B Protestant Pietism
B ethical literature
B thkines
B musar
B Aaron of Hergershausen
B Eighteenth Century
B Elhanan Henle Kirchhan
B early modern Jewish history
B Isaac Wetzlar
B Yiddish Literature
B cultural transfer
B Libes briv
B Simhat ha-nefesh
B Liblikhe tfile
B Prayer
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