{"product_id":"rabbi-judah-moscato-and-the-jewish-intellectual-world-of-mantua-in-the-16th-17th-centuries-9789004222250","title":"Rabbi Judah Moscato and the Jewish Intellectual World of Mantua in the 16th-17th Centuries","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudah ben Joseph Moscato (c.1533–1590) was one of the most distinguished rabbis, authors, and preachers of the Italian-Jewish Renaissance. This volume is a record of the proceedings of an international conference, organized by the Institute of Jewish Studies at Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), and Mantua’s State Archives. It consists of contributions on Moscato and the intellectual world in Mantua during the 16th and 17th centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This fascinating conference volume is the latest publication of the remarkable Italian-German scholars Veltri and Miletto. It reflects the strong trend in Renaissance interests among European Jewish studies scholars, of whom this pair are leading lights. [...] The book overall is a fine example of what a conference volume should be. [...] [T]he essays [...] are all good; [...] rise to the level of excellence.\" – Matt Goldish, The Ohio State University, in: Renaissance Quarterly 65.4 (Winter 2012), pp. 1271-1273, DOI: 10.1086\/669413 \"Brill's new scholarly edition and translation of Moscato's sermons is a major contribution to Jewish Renaissance studies. [...] The editors identify the many references to both Jewish and Classical literature, and give brief but clear explanations when needed. The translation is also clear, and seems to accruately reflect the Hebrew text.\" – Jim Rosenbloom, in: Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews, November\/December 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor’s Preface  Part I: Judah Moscato. His Life and His Work Judah Moscato: Biographical Data and Writings Gianfranco Miletto Principles of Jewish Skeptical Thought. The Case of Judah Moscato and Simone Luzzatto Giuseppe Veltri Moscato as Eulogist Marc Saperstein\t On Kabbalah in R. Judah Moscato’s  Qol Yehudah Moshe Idel Amitica and Hermeticism. Paratext as Key to Judah Moscato’s Nefuṣot Yehudah Bernard Dov Cooperman Judah Moscato, Abraham Portaleone, and Biblical Incense in Late Renaissance Mantua Andrew Berns Judah Moscato’s Sources and Hebrew Printing in the Sixteenth Century: A Preliminary Survey Adam Shear Part II: The Jewish intellectual World of  Mantua in  16th-17th  century The Gonzaga Archives of Mantua and Their Rearrangements Over the Centuries, along with and Overview of Archival Materials on Mantuan Jewry Daniela Ferrari The Levi Dynasty: Three Generations of Jewish Musicians in Sixteenth-Century Mantua Don Harrán Spatial Stories: Mantua and the Painted Jew Dana Katz Saladin the Crusader, the Christian Haman and the Off-key Priest: Some Reflections on Christians and Christianity in Yiddish Literary Texts from the Italian Renaissance Claudia Rosenzweig Some Unknown 16th-Century Documents about Abraham Yagel and a Possible Link to the Controversy about the “Holy Diana” in the Mantuan Synagogue Daniel Jütte On Abraham’s Neck. The Editio Princeps of the Sefer Yeṣirah (Mantua 1562) and Its Context Saverio Campanini The Italian Translation of the Psalms by Judah Sommo Alessandro Guetta Savants and Scholars in Jewish Mantua: a Reassessment Shlomo Simonsohn","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210628030807,"sku":"9789004222250","price":154.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rabbi-judah-moscato-and-the-jewish-intellectual-world-of-mantua-in-the-16th-17th-centuries-9789004222250","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}