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Confessions of the shtetl : converts from Judaism in imperial Russia, 1817-1906 / Ellie R. Schainker.
LIBRA BV2620 .S24 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schainker, Ellie R., 1978- author.
- Series:
- Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian converts from Judaism--Russia--History--19th century.
- Christian converts from Judaism.
- Jews--Conversion to Christianity--Russia--History--19th century.
- Jews.
- Jewish Christians--Russia--History--19th century.
- Jewish Christians.
- Jews--Russia--Identity--History--19th century.
- Religious tolerance--Russia--History--19th century.
- Religious tolerance.
- Jews--Conversion to Christianity.
- Jews--Identity.
- History.
- Identity (Philosophical concept).
- Russia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 339 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Introduction : converts and confessions
- The genesis of confessional choice
- The missionizing marketplace
- Shtetls, taverns, and baptisms
- From vodka to violence
- Relapsed converts and tales of Marranism
- Jewish Christian sects in southern Russia
- Epilogue : converts on the cultural map.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-327) and index.
- National Jewish Book Awards - Writing Based on Archival Material, Winner, 2017
- Other Format:
- Online version: Schainker, Ellie R., 1978- Confessions of the shtetl.
- ISBN:
- 9780804798280
- 0804798281
- OCLC:
- 949149728
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