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A Valley of Vision is unique in Hebrew literature in its integration of traditional Jewish materials with contemporary literary and iconographic innovations. It is also a fascinating window into the…
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Seeking to move away from the stereotypical views of the Italian Jew in the early modern period as Shylockian userer or mysterious astrologer, these papers address such topics as Italian…
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The volume focuses on Jewish conversion to Christianity in the 19th century presenting case studies of specific converts in Germany, Russia, Poland, and England and the ideological and spiritual motives…
David B. Ruderman
Offers a history of the early modern Jewish experience. From Krakow and Venice to Amsterdam and Smyrna, this title examines the historical and cultural factors unique to Jewish communities throughout…
Historians of the European Jewish experience have long marginalized the intellectual achievement of Jews in England, where it was assumed no seminal figures contributed to the development of modern Jewish…
Offers an account of the emergence of Anglo-Jewish thought in the 18th and 19th centuries. This work impels a reconsideration of the formative beginnings of modern European Jewish culture. It…
Describing the developments in science and philosophy in the sacred language of Hebrew, the author argued that an intellectual understanding of the cosmos was not at odds with but actually…
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Ruderman uncovers a fascinating episode in the history of European Jewry and Jewish-Christian intellectual relations. Connecting the Covenants is compelling as both narrative and history. -Matt Goldish, The Ohio State…
Revealing the importance of Jewish preachers in the ghettos of 16th-century Italy, this title demonstrates how these men served as a bridge between the ghetto and the Christian world outside…
David B. Ruderman examines a chapter in the history of Jewish-Christian relations in nineteenth-century Europe, focusing on evangelical missionary Alexander McCaul and his associates, both allies and foes, who were…
Studies the relationships between religion, magic, and science, as they were understood in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, by examining closely the intellectual and social world of Abraham…
This work is a sally into the scientific dimension of Jewish intellectual history in the early modern world, dealing with many key personalities and topics. Included are sketches of stoicism…
The engaging intellectual profiles created especially for this volume by scholars from Israel, North America, and Europe represent an important rereading and reinterpretation of early modern Jewish culture and society…
Exploring the ways in which early modern Jews related to Jews from different backgrounds and to the non-Jews around them, Connecting Histories emphasizes not only the challenging nature and impact…
William W. Hallo,David B. Ruderman,Michael Stanislawski,Benjamin R. Gampel
A collection of essays that bring new insight into Jewish culture as it is intertwined in Jewish, European, Ottoman, and American history.
