Italian Jewry in the Early Modern Era: Essays in Intellectual History

Alessandro Guetta

ISBN 10: 1618112082 / ISBN 13: 9781618112088

Published by Academic Studies Press, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Italian Jewry in the Early Modern Era: Essays in Intellectual History
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1618112082
• ISBN 13: 9781618112088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Between the years 1550 and 1650, Italy’s Jewish intellectuals created a unique and enduring synthesis of the great literary and philosophical heritage of the Andalusian Jews and the Renaissance’s renewal of perspective. While remaining faithful to the beliefs, behaviors, and language of their tradition, Italian Jews proved themselves open to a rapidly evolving world of great richness. The crisis of Aristotelianism (which progressively touched upon all fields of knowledge), religious fractures and unrest, the scientific revolution, and the new perception of reality expressed through a transformation of the visual arts: these are some of the changes experienced by Italian Jews which they were affected by in their own particular way. This book explores the complex relations between Jews and the world that surrounded them during a critical period of European civilization. The relations were rich, problematic, and in some cases strained, alternating between opposition and dialogue, osmosis and distinction.

About the Author

Alessandro Guetta is professor of Jewish thought at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales. His publications include monographs on Niccolò Machiavelli (Invito alla lettura di Machiavelli, 1991) and philosopher and Kabbalist Elijah Benamozegh (Philosophy and Kabbalah: Elijah Benamozegh and the Reconciliation of Western Thought and Jewish Esotericism, 2009).