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Karaite Separatism in Nineteenth-Century Russia: Joseph Solomon Lutskis Epistle of Israels Deliverance (Monographs of the Hebrew Union College)
Philip E. Miller
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 271 pages, map. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. .
When the Karaites successfully dissociated themselves from the Rabbanite Russian Jews with the creation of the Karaite Religious Consistory in 1837, the result was a schism within Judaism unprecedented since the rise of Christianity. Philip E. Miller sets this event in the context of the history of the Russian Karaites from their origins to the present, focusing on economic and political concerns that led to the schism. The Karaites' separatism shielded them from the horrific fates suffered by the Rabbanites under the tsars, under Hitler, and under Stalin, but it ultimately led to their nearly complete assimilation and disappearance as ... Read more
When the Karaites successfully dissociated themselves from the Rabbanite Russian Jews with the creation of the Karaite Religious Consistory in 1837, the result was a schism within Judaism unprecedented since the rise of Christianity. Philip E. Miller sets this event in the context of the history of the Russian Karaites from their origins to the present, focusing on economic and political concerns that led to the schism. The Karaites' separatism shielded them from the horrific fates suffered by the Rabbanites under the tsars, under Hitler, and under Stalin, but it ultimately led to their nearly complete assimilation and disappearance as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Hebrew Union College Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780878204151
SKU
V9780878204151
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