The Gaon of Vilna: The Man and His Image - Hardcoverby Immanuel Etkes (Author), Jeffrey Green (Translator) A legendary figure in his own lifetime, Rabbi Eliahu ben Shlomo Zalman (1720 1797) was known as the "Gaon of Vilna." He was the acknowledged master of Talmudic studies in the vibrant intellectual center of Vilna, revered throughout Eastern Europe for his learning and his ability to traverse with ease seemingly opposed domains of thought and activity. After his death, the myth that had been woven