The Pillar of Volozhin (Paperback)

Paperback. The work of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, the Neziv, ranks amongst the most often read rabbinic literature of the nineteenth century. His breadth of learning, unabashed creativity, and penchant for walking against the stream of the rabbinic commentarial establishment has made his commentaries a favorite amongst rabbinic scholars and scholars of rabbinics alike. Yet, to date, there has been no comprehensive and systematic attempt to place his intellectual oeuvre into its historical contextuntil now. In the Pillar of Volozhin, Gil Perl traces the influences which helped mold and shape the Nezivs thinking while also opening new doors into the world of early nineteenth-century Lithuanian Torah scholarship, an area heretofore almost completely untouched by academic research. The work of Rabbi Naftali aovi Yehuda Berlin, the Neaoiv, ranks amongst the most often read rabbinic literature of the nineteenth century. His breadth of learning, unabashed creativity, and penchant for walking against the stream of the rabbinic commentarial establishment has made his commentaries a favorite amongst rabbinic scholars and scholars of rabbinics alike. Yet, to date, there has been no comprehensive and systematic attempt to place his intellectual oeuvre into its historical context-until now. In The Pillar of Volozhin, Gil Perl traces the influences which helped mold and shape the Neaoiv's thinking while also opening new doors into the world of early-nineteenth-century Lithuanian Torah scholarship, an area heretofore almost completely untouched by academic res Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…