Marion Aptroot Books
Libes briv (1748 49)
By Isaac Wetzlar, Avraham Siluk, Marion Aptroot
"Die Reformschrift "Libes briv" ist eine bemerkenswerte jiddischsprachige Quelle zur jüdischen Geschichte im 18. Jahrhundert. Ausgehend von scharfer Sozialkritik plädiert der Autor für eine pietist...
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