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

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