| Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884-1966 Contributor(s): Shapiro, Marc B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1874774919 ISBN-13: 9781874774914 Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization OUR PRICE: $27.18 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: Compellingly and authoritatively written, this biography illuminates the dilemmas that Europe's Jews have faced over the past century. The discussion of the inner struggles of one of twentieth-century Judaism's most enigmatic religious leaders - a figure who became a central ideologue of modern Orthodoxy despite his traditional training in a Lithuanian yeshiva - elucidates many institutional and intellectual phenomena of the Jewish world, and especially in pre-war Europe, that have so far received little attention. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Social Science | Jewish Studies - Religion | History |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884-1966 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using previously unpublished material, including private correspondence, Shapiro (Judaic Studies, U. of Scranton, Pennsylvania) discusses the many aspects of the life and thought of Rabbi Weinberg (1884-1966), an important ideologue of modern Orthodoxy. The author focuses on his evolving philosophical orientation, from his early years in Poland, his years in Germany, Lithuania, and Poland from WWI through the Nazi era, and his post-war years in Switzerland. |