Preachers of the Italian ghetto / edited by David B. Ruderman.

ISBN:

9780520912298

9780585115498

9780520077355

Title:

Preachers of the Italian ghetto / edited by David B. Ruderman.

Author:

Ruderman, David B.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 168 pages) : facsimiles.

Series:

The University of California Press e-editions

University of California Press e-editions.

Contents:

Introduction / David B. Ruderman -- Italian Jewish preaching: An overview / Marc Saperstein -- Judah Moscato: A late renaissance Jewish preacher / Moshe Idel -- Preaching as mediation between elite and popular cultures: The case of Judah del Bene / Robert Bonfil -- Jewish preaching and the language of science: The sermons of Azariah Figo / David B. Ruderman -- Preaching in the Venetian ghetto: The sermons of Leon Modena / Joanna Weinberg -- Speaking of the dead: The emergence of the eulogy among Italian Jewry of the sixteenth century / Elliott Horowitz.

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Personal Subject:

Moscato, Judah ben Joseph, approximately 1530-approximately 1593.

Subject Term:

Jewish preaching -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.

Jewish preaching -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.

Judaism -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.

Judaism -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.

Jewish sermons -- History and criticism.

Rabbis -- Italy -- Biography.

Added Author:

Ruderman, David B.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

1992

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Summary

By the mid-sixteenth century, Jews in the cities of Italy were being crowded into compulsory ghettos as a result of the oppressive policies of Pope Paul IV and his successors.The sermons of Jewish preachers during this period provide a remarkable vantage point from which to view the early modern Jewish social and cultural landscape.

In this eloquent collection, six leading scholars of Italian Jewish history reveal the important role of these preachers: men who served as a bridge between the ghetto and the Christian world outside, between old and new conventions, and between elite and popular modes of thought. The story of how they reflected and shaped the culture of their listeners, who felt the pressure of cramped urban life as well as of political, economic, and religious persecution, is finally beginning to be told. Through the words of the Italian ghetto preachers, we discover a richly textured panorama of Jewish life more than 400 years ago.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.

By the mid-sixteenth century, Jews in the cities of Italy were being crowded into compulsory ghettos as a result of the oppressive policies of Pope Paul IV and his successors.The sermons of Jewish preachers during this period provide a remarkable vantage

Author Notes

Ruderman David B. :

David B. Ruderman is Frederick P. Rose Professor of Jewish History at Yale University. His books include The Valley of Vision (1990), Kabbalah, Magic, and Science (1988), and The World of a Renaissance Jew (1981).