TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eleff,Zev
TI  - Who rules the synagogue?: religious authority and the formation of American Judaism 
SN  - 9780190490287
AV  - BM205 .W467 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Judaism
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Rabbis
KW  - Office
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Part I. The laity (1816-1845) --; Chapter 1. A great aversion to priestly domination --; Part II. Intruders (1845-1860) --; Chapter 2. Clericalism --; Chapter 3. Textualism --; Part III. Interlude (1860-1869) --; Chapter 4. Changing currents --; Part IV. The rabbinate (1870-1885) --; Chapter V. Clericalism --; Chapter 6. Textualism; 2; b
N2  - Who Rules the Synagogue? explores how American Jewry in the nineteenth century transformed from a lay dominated community to one whose leading religious authorities were rabbis. Zev Eleff weaves together the significant episodes and debates that shaped American Judaism during this formative period, and places this story into the larger context of American religious history and modern Jewish history
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