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Shulman, Nisson E. ; Benjamin Aaron Ben Abraham Slonik : AUTHORITY AND COMMUNITY: POLISH JEWRY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

New York; Yeshiva University Press, 1986

Publishers cloth. 8vo. XV, 265 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral-Yeshiva University) . "The second part of this volume contains the 'case histories' themselves, as recorded by Rabbi Slonik". The second part consists of a digest of Slonik’s ‘Mas’at Binyamin’ (1633) , containing 112 responsa and including questions and comments by his two sons, Avraham and Ya‘akov. “The responsa of Rabbi Benjamin Aaron ben Abraham Slonik, when viewed against the background of the writings of his teachers and contemporaries, as well as other sources available to us, present a detailed picture of the religious, cultural, communal and economic life of sixteenth-century Polish Jewry. ” (Jacket description) . Subjects: Jews - Poland - History - 16th century. Judaism - Poland - History - 16th century. Responsa - 1040-1600. Poland - Ethnic relations. With signature of previous author on endpage (David Kranzler – holocaust historian) ; outer edges foxed and soiled, light wear to jacket, slight bowing to binding, otherwise fresh and clean. Good condition. (EE-4-16) xx, Kra 3/13

Shulman, Nisson E. ; Benjamin Aaron Ben Abraham Slonik : AUTHORITY AND COMMUNITY: POLISH JEWRY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

New York; Yeshiva University Press, 1986

Publishers cloth. 8vo. XV, 265 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral-Yeshiva University) . "The second part of this volume contains the 'case histories' themselves, as recorded by Rabbi Slonik". The second part consists of a digest of Slonik’s ‘Mas’at Binyamin’ (1633) , containing 112 responsa and including questions and comments by his two sons, Avraham and Ya‘akov. “The responsa of Rabbi Benjamin Aaron ben Abraham Slonik, when viewed against the background of the writings of his teachers and contemporaries, as well as other sources available to us, present a detailed picture of the religious, cultural, communal and economic life of sixteenth-century Polish Jewry. ” (Jacket description) . Subjects: Jews - Poland - History - 16th century. Judaism - Poland - History - 16th century. Responsa - 1040-1600. Poland - Ethnic relations. Institutional stamps on backstrip and endpages, otherwise very clean and fresh in good jacket. Good + condition. (EE-4-16A), Mp 11/12

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