Gregory Kaplan

Broschiertes Buch

Arguments Against the Christian Religion in Amsterdam by Saul Levi Morteira, Spinoza's Rabbi

Beschreibung

This is the first book to offer a translation into English-as well as a critical study-of a Spanish treatise written around 1650 by Rabbi Saul Levi Morteira, whose most renowned congregant was Baruch Spinoza. Aimed at encouraging the practice of halachic Judaism among the Amsterdam-based descendants of conversos, Spanish and Portuguese Sephardic Jews who had been forced to convert to Christianity, the book stages a dialogue between two conversos that ultimately leads to a vision of a Jewish homeland-an outcome that Morteira thought was only possible through his program for rejudaisation.

Autor

Professor Gregory Kaplan is a Professor of Spanish at the University of Tennessee, where he also holds a Lindsay Young Professorship. He has received an NEH Fellowship and the Jefferson Prize at the University of Tennessee.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781041175728
• ISBN-10: 1041175728
• Artikelnr.: 75621124