New book announcement; He-Gedolim
New book announcement; He-Gedolim
By Eliezer Brodt
הגדולים: אישים שעיצבו את פני היהדות החרדית בישראל, בעריכת בנימין בראון, נסים ליאון, קובץ מאמרים לכבוד פרופ' מנחם פרידמן ובהשראתו, מגנס מכון ון ליר, 958 עמודים
Here are the Table of Contents of this special work.
On what basis did he choose who to include and who to omit? Major decisions here, who to consider gedoilim and who not.
ReplyDeleteFrom the blogpost at seforim:
ReplyDeleteOf course, the immediate reaction of many when they look through the table of contents is: "why isn't so and so there?" and "what exact criteria is applied to determine who 'gets in' to the volume?". The editors anticipated these issues and others, and deal with it in the introduction.