The Introduction to Divre binah by Dov Ber of Bolechów
An Unexamined Source for the History of Jews in the Lwów Region in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9399328 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gershon David Hundert (McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 225-269 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AJS Review The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0364-0094 • E-ISSN: 1475-4541 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0364009409990018 |
| OpenAlex | W2022675183 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Surprisingly, historians have not yet carefully examined the introductory pages of the unpublished manuscript Divre binah (Understanding Words) by Dov Ber Birkenthal. Although the evidence of a single witness seldom leads to the revision of historical narratives, the material provided in these introductory pages is quite rich and suggests much about a number of topics that will be of particular interest to students of the eighteenth century. Among these themes are Jewish attitudes to Christianity, to the new Austrian regime in Galicia, to the Enlightenment, and to early Hasidism. The author, an elderly successful businessman, wrote the work in question after retiring to his hometown, Bolechów. His book affords us a glimpse into his way of understanding his society and his time
Archaeology · Art · Enlightenment · Judaism · Literature · Narrative · Theology · Witness · Central European Literary Studies · Classics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Philosophy · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |