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Sparks amidst the ashes : the spiritual legacy of Polish Jewry / Byron L. Sherwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sherwin, Byron L., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism--Poland--History.
- Judaism.
- Jews--Poland--Intellectual life.
- Jews.
- Spiritual life--Judaism.
- Spiritual life.
- Rabbis--Poland.
- Rabbis.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Influence.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Poland--Intellectual life.
- Poland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the 4 centuries preceding the Holocaust, Poland was a major centre in the Jewish world. Sherwin shows that the Golden Age of the Jewish soul occurred in Poland, and resulted in unprecedented works of the spirit and religious intellect.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. To Reclaim a Legacy; 2. Grandmother's Tales; 3. Sparks in Exile; 4. Life, Learning, and Luria in Lublin; 5. The Spiritual Magnates of Cracow; 6. Transmigrations of a Name; 7. King for a Night; 8. Auschwitz; 9. Jewish Continuity; 10. Sparks in Ashes; 11. Inward Journeys; 12. The Land We Shared; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Based on: Duchowe dziedzietwo Żyd́ow polskich. Warsaw : Vocatio, 1995.
- Previously issued in print: 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-774127-4
- 1-280-52894-X
- 0-19-535546-6
- 1-4294-1564-9
- OCLC:
- 476012275
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