The libes briv of Isaac Wetzlar
"Isaac Wetzlar was an eighteenth century wealthy merchant from Celle, Germany who spent many years reflecting on the socio-religious circumstances of German-Jewish society. He wrote Libes Brivin Yiddish as a critique of the situation of this society, and offered suggestions which he felt would...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Atlanta, Georgia
Scholars Press
[2020]©2020, 2020
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| Edition: | Second edition |
| Series: | Brown Judaic studies
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Isaac Wetzlar was an eighteenth century wealthy merchant from Celle, Germany who spent many years reflecting on the socio-religious circumstances of German-Jewish society. He wrote Libes Brivin Yiddish as a critique of the situation of this society, and offered suggestions which he felt would improve the spiritual and material situation of his fellow Jews. Faierstein presents the text and translation of this important document, along with an analysis."--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | "This edition contains typographical corrections of the original text."--Publishers' preface. - "Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program."--T.p. verso. - "Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License."--T.p. verso. - Edition statement from online full metadata page |
| Physical Description: | 243 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781951498207 9781946527806 |