"Rabbinic literature was the most prestigious genre of literature in early nineteenth-century Moravia. Debates between rabbis shaped public discourse on the local level. As a consequence, maskilic literature could occupy only a peripheral position in the literary system. This point is illustrated by Benjamin Zeev Wolf Prerau's supercommentary on Ibn Ezra and by Samson Bloch's geographical-ethnographical work, Shevilei olam. Mordecai Benet, the chief rabbi of Moravia, was remarkably flexible concerning those innovations that did not threaten the prestige of rabbinic literature. However, he was a rigid opponent of any changes that could have restructured the inner hierarchy of the literary system."@en . "15210" . . "system; literary; rabbinic; Benet; Mordecai; orthodoxy; defence; Moravian"@en . "RIV/61989592:15210/12:33142450!RIV13-MSM-15210___" . "I, Z(MSM6198959225)" . "21"^^ . . . . "RIV/61989592:15210/12:33142450" . "GB - Spojen\u00E9 kr\u00E1lovstv\u00ED Velk\u00E9 Brit\u00E1nie a Severn\u00EDho Irska" . . . . . "120319" . . . "1462-169X" . . "2-3" . . "1"^^ . . "A Moravian defence of orthodoxy: Mordecai Benet and the rabbinic literary system" . "1"^^ . "[2D9704A94D55]" . "13" . . "Visi, Tam\u00E1s" . "Jewish Culture and History" . . . "A Moravian defence of orthodoxy: Mordecai Benet and the rabbinic literary system"@en . "A Moravian defence of orthodoxy: Mordecai Benet and the rabbinic literary system" . . . "Rabbinic literature was the most prestigious genre of literature in early nineteenth-century Moravia. Debates between rabbis shaped public discourse on the local level. As a consequence, maskilic literature could occupy only a peripheral position in the literary system. This point is illustrated by Benjamin Zeev Wolf Prerau's supercommentary on Ibn Ezra and by Samson Bloch's geographical-ethnographical work, Shevilei olam. Mordecai Benet, the chief rabbi of Moravia, was remarkably flexible concerning those innovations that did not threaten the prestige of rabbinic literature. However, he was a rigid opponent of any changes that could have restructured the inner hierarchy of the literary system." . . "A Moravian defence of orthodoxy: Mordecai Benet and the rabbinic literary system"@en . . . .