The Genius
Eliyahu Stern • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300183221
The Genius
Eliyahu Stern • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300183224 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300183221 · 2013
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Eliyahu Stern provides a rigorous intellectual biography of Elijah ben Solomon, the eighteenth-century scholar known as the Vilna Gaon. By situating the rabbi within the broader context of the Enlightenment and the shifting political landscape of Lithuania, the text challenges traditional hagiographic portrayals to reveal a complex figure who profoundly influenced modern Jewish thought and institutional life.
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