The Pursuit of Heresy
| Author | : Elisheva Carlebach |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 388 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0231071914 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780231071918 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (918 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Pursuit of Heresy by : Elisheva Carlebach
Download or read book The Pursuit of Heresy written by Elisheva Carlebach and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabbi Moses Hagiz, one of the most prominent and influential Jewish leaders of seventeenth-century Amsterdam, devoted his career to restoring rabbinic authority. His most prominent talent was as a polemicist, and he campaigned ceaselessly against Jewish heresy in an attempt to unify the rabbinate. During Hagiz's lifetime there was an overall decline in rabbinic authority, which the author argues was the result of migration and assimilation.