Pinkas, Kahal, and the Mediene
The Records of Dutch Ashkenazi Communities in the Eighteenth Century as Historical Sources
Biographical note
Stefan Litt, PhD (2001) in Pre-Modern History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, researches at the Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. He has published on the history of early modern European Jewry and its sources, including an edition of the earliest known record book Protokollbuch und Statuten der Jüdischen Gemeinde Friedberg (Bindernagel, 2003).
Readership
This book will appeal to readers interested in early modern Dutch-Jewish history, particularly provincial Ashkenazi communities and their administration, as well as scholars of pre-modern Yiddish manuscripts and internal sources of Jewish communities.
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter One Governing a Jewish Community
Chapter Two Keeping a Pinkas
Chapter Three Officials of the Jewish Community
Chapter Four Members, Origins, and Patterns of Migration
Chapter Five Revenue and Finance
Chapter Six Hevras and Charities
Chapter Seven Intercommunal Frameworks
Chapter Eight Conclusions
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Appendix One The Governors of the Jewish Communities
Appendix Two Selected Records from the Pinkassim
Introduction
Chapter One Governing a Jewish Community
Chapter Two Keeping a Pinkas
Chapter Three Officials of the Jewish Community
Chapter Four Members, Origins, and Patterns of Migration
Chapter Five Revenue and Finance
Chapter Six Hevras and Charities
Chapter Seven Intercommunal Frameworks
Chapter Eight Conclusions
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Appendix One The Governors of the Jewish Communities
Appendix Two Selected Records from the Pinkassim
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