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Author:

Schainker, Ellie R., 1978- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016085716

Title:

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

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xi, 339 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Christian converts from Judaism--Russia--History--19th century.
Jews--History--Russia--History--19th century.
Jewish Christians--Russia--History--19th century.
Jews--Russia--History--History--19th century.
Religious tolerance--Russia--History--19th century.
Christian converts from Judaism.
Jewish Christians.
Jews--Conversion to Christianity.
Jews--Identity.
Religious tolerance.
Russia.
1800-1899
History.

Notes:

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.

Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

ISBN:

0804798281
9780804798280

OCLC:

(OCoLC)949149728

LCCN:

2016030140

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)