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Noble soul : the life and legend of the Vilna Ger Tzedek Count Walenty Potocki / Joseph H. Prouser.
- Title
- Noble soul : the life and legend of the Vilna Ger Tzedek Count Walenty Potocki / Joseph H. Prouser.
- Author
- Prouser, Joseph H.
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- Description
- xi, 226 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In the long history of conversion to Judaism, few figures rival the affection and esteem with which Count Walenty (Valentine) Potocki, the martyred "Vilna Ger Tzedek," is remembered. The story of the young Polish nobleman, burned at the stake in 1749, is that of a principled and sensitive spiritual seeker who abandoned wealth, power, and all but unlimited worldly prospects in order to adopt Judaism, a religious tradition that was anathema to his noble class." "Noble Soul examines eleven versions of Potocki's life story, drawn from works in Polish, Hebrew, Yiddish, German, and English, as well as heated, previously unpublished correspondence between the powerful Potocki clan and an early Ger Tzedek biographer. The historical, religious, and literary context of these documents is explored in careful detail."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Potocki, Valentine, d. 1749
- Jewish converts from Christianity > Lithuania > Vilnius > Biography
- Potocki, Valentine, d. 1749 > Death and burial
- Jewish martyrs > Lithuania > Vilnius > Biography
- Vilnius (Lithuania) > Biography
- Potocki, Valentine, d. 1749 > Bibliography
- Aristocracy (Social class) > Lithuania > Vilnius > Biography
- ISBN
- 1593330979
- LCCN
- 2004022872
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries