Haskalah and Hasidism in the Kingdom of Poland: A History of Conflict

by Marcin Wodziński

The conflict between Haskalah and hasidism was one of the most important forces in shaping the world of Polish Jewry for almost two centuries, but our understanding of it has long been dominated by theories based on stereotypes rather than detailed analysis of the available sources. In this award-winning study, Marcin Wodziński challenges the long-established theories about the conflict by contextualizing it, principally in the Kingdom of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904113087
• ISBN13: 9781904113089
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in Ass
• Length: 346 Pages