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Autore |
Sherwin Byron L. |
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Titolo |
Sparks amidst the ashes : the spiritual legacy of Polish Jewry / / Byron L. Sherwin |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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0-19-774127-4 |
1-280-52894-X |
0-19-535546-6 |
1-4294-1564-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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296.09438 |
296/.09438 |
305.89240438 |
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Soggetti |
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Judaism - Poland - History |
Jews - Poland - Intellectual life |
Spiritual life - Judaism |
Rabbis - Poland |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Poland - Influence |
Poland Intellectual life |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Based on: Duchowe dziedzietwo Żyd́ow polskich. Warsaw : Vocatio, 1995. |
Previously issued in print: 1997. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. To Reclaim a Legacy; 2. Grandmother's Tales; 3. Sparks in Exile; 4. Life, Learning, and Luria in Lublin; 5. The Spiritual Magnates of Cracow; 6. Transmigrations of a Name; 7. King for a Night; 8. Auschwitz; 9. Jewish Continuity; 10. Sparks in Ashes; 11. Inward Journeys; 12. The Land We Shared; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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During the 4 centuries preceding the Holocaust, Poland was a major centre in the Jewish world. Sherwin shows that the Golden Age of the Jewish soul occurred in Poland, and resulted in unprecedented works of the spirit and religious intellect. |
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