Who rules the synagogue [electronic resource] : religious authority and the formation of American Judaism / Zev Eleff.
Eleff, Zev, author.
2016
BM205 .E575 2016eb
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource
Online Access

Details

Title
Who rules the synagogue [electronic resource] : religious authority and the formation of American Judaism / Zev Eleff.
Author
Eleff, Zev, author.
ISBN
9780190490294 (electronic book)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190490270
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 330 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190490270 doi
Call Number
BM205 .E575 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
296.61097309034
Summary
'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.
Note
'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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 13, 2016).
Available in Other Form
Who rules the synagogue.
Linked Resources
Online Access
Record Appears in
Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
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.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export