TY - JOUR
T1 - Eliyahu Stern. The Genius
T2 - Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism.,
AU - Feiner, S.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Rez. http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37984 --------- Elijah ben Solomon, the 'Genius of Vilna', was perhaps the best-known and most understudied figure in modern Jewish history. This book offers a new narrative of Jewish modernity based on Elijah's life and influence. While the experience of Jews in modernity has often been described as a process of Western European secularisation - with Jews becoming citizens of Western nation-states, congregants of reformed synagogues, and assimilated members of society - the book uses Elijah's story to highlight a different theory of modernisation for European life. Elijah and Vilna in historical perspective -- Elijah's worldview -- Elijah and the Enlightenment -- The Gaon versus Hasidism -- The biur and the yeshiva -- The genius.
AB - Rez. http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37984 --------- Elijah ben Solomon, the 'Genius of Vilna', was perhaps the best-known and most understudied figure in modern Jewish history. This book offers a new narrative of Jewish modernity based on Elijah's life and influence. While the experience of Jews in modernity has often been described as a process of Western European secularisation - with Jews becoming citizens of Western nation-states, congregants of reformed synagogues, and assimilated members of society - the book uses Elijah's story to highlight a different theory of modernisation for European life. Elijah and Vilna in historical perspective -- Elijah's worldview -- Elijah and the Enlightenment -- The Gaon versus Hasidism -- The biur and the yeshiva -- The genius.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/a7dd480c-2c4d-3764-ae13-7804f9be59fe/
U2 - 10.1093/ahr/119.1.275
DO - 10.1093/ahr/119.1.275
M3 - Review article
SN - 0002-8762
VL - 119
SP - 275
EP - 276
JO - American Historical Review
JF - American Historical Review
IS - 1
ER -