The sons of scripture: the Karaites in Poland and Lithuania in the twentieth century
The Karaites, a non-Talmudic Turkic-speaking Jewish minority that had been living in Eastern Europe since the late Middle Ages, developed a unique ethnographic culture and religious tradition. The book offers the first comprehensive study of the dramatic history of the Polish-Lithuanian Karaite comm...
| Subtitles: | The sons of scripture$dthe Karaites in Poland and Lithuania in the 20th century |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Warsaw Berlin
De Gruyter Open
[2015]
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lithuania
/ Poles
/ Karaites
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| Further subjects: | B
Geschichte Europas
B RELIGION / Jainism B Religion, Jewish Studies, Theology B Eastern Europe B Karaite Studies, Jewish Studies, Holocaust B Theology / Judaism / Religion B Karaites B Karaites (Lithuania) B Karaites (Poland) |
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| Summary: | The Karaites, a non-Talmudic Turkic-speaking Jewish minority that had been living in Eastern Europe since the late Middle Ages, developed a unique ethnographic culture and religious tradition. The book offers the first comprehensive study of the dramatic history of the Polish-Lithuanian Karaite community in the twentieth century, especially the dejudaization of the community that saved the Karaites from horrors of the Holocaust. |
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| Item Description: | open access |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 3110425262 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/9783110425260 DOI: 10.2478/9783110425260 |