matter among its audience. Equally, both works could benefit from the inclusion of a comparative, inter-regional perspective, one which would demonstrate what made the local forms of Old Belief under study distinctive from other branches. Such an approach might also allow for the study of movement and transmission between regions, thereby more thoroughly connecting the local dimension to the national and the imperial. One feels this lack particularly with De Simone’s effort: although his examination of the Belaia Krinitsa hierarchy is explicitly centred on Moscow, one cannot forget that this was, after all, a hierarchy with branches not only in the Russian Empire but also in Bukovina, part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Understanding the national and international character of this group is surely of importance when evaluating the community’s self-definition and identity, the problematic at the heart of his monograph. In sum, both of these monographs make a splendid and largely original contribution to the existing literature in both languages. In demonstrating Old Belief’s flexibility and adaptability in the face of varying local conditions and shifting government policy, they do much to demythologize Old Belief, all too often seen through an ideological lens as an unchanging and isolated series of communities. The two works do this through strong exploitation of the archival sources (especially those produced by Old Believers themselves) and sagacious analysis. They are recommended to scholars and students alike, particularly those with an interest in Russian religions more broadly.

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Sara Bender，在敌人的土地上：凯尔采和该地区的犹太人，1939-1946

在观众中很重要。同样，两部作品都可以从比较的、跨区域的视角中受益，这种视角将展示是什么使正在研究的古老信仰的地方形式与其他分支不同。这种方法也可能允许研究地区之间的运动和传播，从而更彻底地将地方维度与国家和帝国联系起来。De Simone 的努力尤其缺乏这一点：尽管他对 Belaia Krinitsa 等级制度的研究明确以莫斯科为中心，但人们不能忘记，毕竟这是一个不仅在俄罗斯帝国而且在布科维纳都有分支的等级制度，部分奥匈帝国的君主制。在评估社区的自我定义和身份时，了解这个群体的国家和国际特征肯定很重要，这是他专着的核心问题。总而言之，这两部专着对两种语言的现有文献都做出了出色的、主要是原创的贡献。面对不同的地方条件和不断变化的政府政策，他们展示了旧信仰的灵活性和适应性，他们做了很多工作来消除旧信仰的神话，从意识形态的角度来看，这常常被视为一个不变和孤立的社区系列。这两部作品通过对档案资料（尤其是旧信徒自己制作的资料）的充分利用和明智的分析来做到这一点。他们被推荐给学者和学生，