Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi and the Battlegrounds of the Early Modern Rabbinate
| Author | : Yosie Levine |
| Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2024-11-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781802072044 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1802072047 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (047 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi and the Battlegrounds of the Early Modern Rabbinate by : Yosie Levine
Download or read book Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi and the Battlegrounds of the Early Modern Rabbinate written by Yosie Levine and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2024-11-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the social and cultural upheavals of early modern Europe, rabbis had to fight to preserve Jewish tradition. Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi, chief rabbi of Amsterdam, emerged as one of the leading halakhic authorities of the epoch, and the battles he waged would come to define rabbinic norms in the decades that followed.
