Dynner, Glenn, 1969-

Men of silk the Hasidic conquest of Polish Jewish Society / [electronic resource] : Glenn Dynner. - New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xii, 384 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-378) and index.

Hasidism in central Poland, 1754-1830 -- Anatomy of a Hasidic conquest -- Warsaw and the patrons of Polish Hasidism -- Yihus : the social composition of early Hasidic leadership -- Charlatans or "lovers of Israel"? : evaluating Hasidic populism -- Sermons, stories, and songs : marketing Hasidism.


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