Karaite Polygamy: An Unknown Document from the Private Archive of Abraham Firkowicz
Karaite Polygamy: An Unknown Document from the Private Archive of Abraham Firkowicz

Summary/Abstract: The article is a supplement to an article published in the Jewish History Quarterly in 2014, entitled: Polygamy of the East-European Karaites: An Unknown Document from Crimea. It contains an edition of another document, dated to 1836, thus far unknown, from the collection F 946, Op. 1 (Private Archive) of the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. This document is a testimony of the procedure and argumentation used in the process of applying for permission to marry a second wife.

• Details
• Contents