The Pillar of Volozhin : : Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin and the World of Nineteenth Century Lithuanian Torah Scholarship / / Gil Perl S.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
• VerfasserIn: Perl S., Gil,
• MitwirkendeR: Perl, Gil,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Orthodox Judaism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (325 p.)

The work of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, the Neziv, ranks amongst the most often read rabbinic literature of the nineteenth century. His breadth of learning, unabashed creativity, and penchant for walking against the stream of the rabbinic commentarial establishment has made his commentaries a favorite amongst rabbinic scholars and scholars of rabbinics alike. Yet, to date, there has been no comprehensive and systematic attempt to place his intellectual oeuvre into its historical context—until now. In the Pillar of Volozhin, Gil Perl traces the influences which helped mold and shape the Neziv’s thinking while also opening new doors into the world of early nineteenth-century Lithuanian Torah scholarship, an area heretofore almost completely untouched by academic research.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter I: The Text of ‘Emek ha-Neẓiv -- Chapter II: Neẓiv as an Early Nineteenth-Century Midrash Commentator -- Chapter III: ‘Emek ha-Neẓiv: An Early Nineteenth-Century Midrash Commentary -- Chapter IV: The Young Neẓiv and the Ancient Rabbis -- Chapter V: ‘Emek ha-Neẓiv in its Cultural Context -- Chapter VI: From ‘Emek ha-Neẓiv to Ha’amek Davar -- Chapter VII: The Polemics of Ha’amek Davar -- Afterword: Avenues for Further Research -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index