The genius Elijah of Vilna and the making of modern Judaism /

Stern, Eliyahu, 1976-

The genius Elijah of Vilna and the making of modern Judaism / Eliyahu Stern. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Elijah and Vilna in historical perspective -- Elijah's worldview -- Elijah and the Enlightenment -- The Gaon versus Hasidism -- The biur and the yeshiva -- The genius.



9780300183221


Rabbis--Lithuania--Vilnius--Biography.
Judaism--History.


Electronic Books.

BM755 / .G465 2013