This volume is a reference book on more than a thousand Jewish writers—rabbis, physicians and laymen—active in 18th-century Italy.Each author has a biographical notice, followed by a list of his printed works and manuscripts, their location in the major international judaica collections and a bibliography of the relevant secondary sources. The book is illustrated with more than forty portraits of authors and includes rich analytical and thematic indexes.This work is intended to be a fundamental instrument for scholars interested in the Jewish Italian Enlightenment. It allows us to address, from a sociological and quantitative perspective, questions such as: what did Italian Jews write about?, for whom?, where?, in which language?
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Asher Salah
EAN: 9789004156425
COUNTRY: Netherlands
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WEIGHT: 1649 g
HEIGHT: 240 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Brill
DATE PUBLISHED: 2007-05-28
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
WIDTH: 160 cm
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Book Themes:
Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Social and cultural history
Asher Salah, Ph.D. (2004) in Hebrew Literature, INALCO, Paris, is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and History at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. He has published extensively on Italian Jewish literature of the 18th century.
