Confessions of the shtetl : converts from Judaism in imperial Russia, 1817-1906 / Ellie R. Schainker.

Author
Schainker, Ellie R., 1978- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Description
xi, 339 pages ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages309-327) and index.
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9780804798280 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0804798281
    LCCN
    2016030140
    OCLC
    949149728
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