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1 online resource (xix, 310 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
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S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-298) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: Ansky Visits Ludmir -- 1. A Dybbuk Trilogy, or How the Maiden of Ludmir Became a Literary Figure -- 2. Writing the Maiden -- 3. Afterlives: Remembering the Maiden -- 4. The Curse, the Cossacks, and the Messiah: Ludmir Before the Maiden -- 5. Birth and Childhood -- 6. Love and Death -- 7. The Maiden Possessed -- 8. False Male and Woman Rebbe? -- 9. The Witch-hunt in Ludmir -- 10. The Wedding and Its Aftermath -- 11. In the Holy Land -- Conclusion: Tracing the Maiden -- Afterword: Journey to Ludmir -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
| Summary |
Hannah Rochel Verbermacher, a Hasidic holy woman known as the Maiden of Ludmir, was born in early-nineteenth-century Russia and became famous as the only woman in the three-hundred-year history of Hasidism to function as a rebbe--or charismatic leader--in h. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Werbermacher, Chana Rochel, 1815-1892.
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Werbermacher, Chana Rochel, 1815-1892. |
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Werbermacher, Chana Rochel, 1815-1892. |
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Werbermacher, Chana Rochel. |
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Women rabbis -- Biography.
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Women rabbis. |
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Biographies.
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Zaddikot -- Biography.
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Zaddikot. |
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Volodymyr-Volynsʹkyĭ (Ukraine) -- Biography.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Deutsch, Nathaniel. Maiden of Ludmir. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003 0520231910 (DLC) 2002152220 (OCoLC)50913520 |
| ISBN |
9780520927971 (electronic book) |
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0520927974 (electronic book) |
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1417519991 (electronic book) |
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9781417519996 (electronic book) |
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1597347264 |
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9781597347266 |
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0520231910 |
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9780520231917 |
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1282356232 |
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9781282356238 |
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