Rabbi Judah Moscato and the Jewish Intellectual World of Mantua in the 16th-17th Centuries

Herausgeber: Veltri, Giuseppe; Miletto, Gianfranco

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Judah 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2012
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 686g
• ISBN-13: 9789004222250
• ISBN-10: 9004222251
• Artikelnr.: 34816229

Autorenporträt

Giuseppe Veltri, is Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Halle-Wittenberg and Director of the Zunz Centre (Halle). He has published widely in the subjects of hermeneutics and philosophy including Gegenwart der Tradition (2002), Cultural Intermediaries (2004 with D. Ruderman); Libraries, Translation and 'Canonic texts' (2006); The Jewish Body (2008, with M. Diemling); Renaissance Philosophy in Jewish Garb (2009); Judah Moscato's Sermons (2011). Gianfranco Miletto is university private lecturer ("Privatdozent") at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. He has published on Biblical Philology and on the Jewish culture in Italy at the time of the Renaissance and Counter-Reformation: L' Antico Testamento Ebraico nella tradizione babilonese (1992); Die Heldenschilde des Abraham ben David Portaleone, 2 vols. (2003); Glauben und Wissen im Zeitalter der Reformation (2004); Judah Moscato's Sermons (2011).