Studies in Jewish History and Culture

Edited by Giuseppe Veltri (Leopold-Zunz-Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Halle-Wittenberg)

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1568-5004
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€101.00$140.00
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SJHC
Volume:
37
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Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004247857
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Producing Redemption in Amsterdam
Shlomo Berger, University of Amsterdam
Producing Redemption in Amsterdam offers an analysis of Yiddish early modern paratexts and subsequently a history of Yiddish printed books.
€121.00$166.00
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SJHC
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35
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Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004222250
Rabbi Judah Moscato and the Jewish Intellectual World of Mantua in the 16th-17th Centuries
Edited by Giuseppe Veltri and Gianfranco Miletto
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 in Mantua and consists of contributions on Moscato and his intellectual ...
€88.00$121.00
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SJHC
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34
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Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004217706
Philosophy and the Jewish Tradition
Edited and with an Introduction by Yehuda Halper. Preface written by Eva Brann
Aryeh Motzin’s extraordinary essays on the encounter between Jewish tradition and philosophy are collected in this volume. Motzkin examines how medieval Jewish thinkers understood Plato and Aristotle, and how these medieval thinkers were, in turn, understood by modern Jewish thinkers.
€184.00$251.00
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SJHC
Volume:
33
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Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004183247
Studies on Steinschneider
Edited by Reimund Leicht and Gad Freudenthal
The present volume is devoted to the study of the life and work of Moritz (Moshe) Steinschneider (1816-1907). It shows that far from being a “mere bibliographer,” Steinschneider pursued a precise scientific agenda. This is a noteworthy contribution to our understanding of the project of the ...
€132.00$171.00
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SJHC
Volume:
32
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Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004209770
Amour et Sagesse. Les Dialogues d’amour de Juda Abravanel dans la tradition salomonienne
Angela Guidi
Examining a variety of medieval Jewish and Christian sources, this book offers a new interpretation of Yehudah Abravanel’s Dialogues of Love, based on the medieval exegetical tradition on the Song of Songs and the pseudo-Solomonic narrative.
€147.00$190.00
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SJHC
Volume:
31
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Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004203792
Arthur Ruppin and the Production of Pre-Israeli Culture
Etan Bloom
Ruppin’s immense contribution to the Zionist movement gave him the title “The Father of Jewish/Zionist settlement in Palestine.” Nevertheless, the common narrative sets Ruppin’s historical persona in an ambivalent position and suppresses his formative role and heritage. Part of the reason for ...
€163.00$211.00
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SJHC
Volume:
30
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Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004191235
Studies in the History of Culture and Science
Edited by Resianne Fontaine, Ruth Glasner, Reimund Leicht, and Giuseppe Veltri
An hommage to Gad Freudenthal, this volume offers studies on the history of science and on the role of science in medieval and early-modern Jewish cultures, investigating various aspects of processes of knowledge transfer and scientific cross-cultural contacts,
€251.00$325.00
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SJHC
Volume:
29
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Hardback
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ISBN13:
9789004181946
Dichtung und Musik im frühneuzeitlichen Aschkenas (2 vols.)
Diana Matut
The so called Wallich-manuscript is one of the most important sources for the study of Yiddish and German folksongs as well as Purim-plays in the Early Modern period. For the first time, this fascinating collection has now been edited completely and a commentary has been prepared.
€132.00$171.00
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SJHC
Volume:
28
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Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004179547
"Genizat Germania" - Hebrew and Aramaic Binding Fragments from Germany in Context
edited by Andreas Lehnardt
This volume presents the discovery of several hundred new Hebrew and Aramaic manuscript fragments in Germany. It is a collection of conference papers that discuss the historical, paleographical, and cultural significance of these fragments. It is the first in a series of studies of similar ...
€142.00$184.00
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SJHC
Volume:
27
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Hardback
ISBN13:
9789004167629
Shabbatai Donnolo's Sefer Ḥakhmoni
Piergabriele Mancuso
Written in southern Italy in the tenth century, Shabbatai Donnolo’s Sefer Hakhmoni is one of the earliest commentaries on Sefer Yeîirah. The volume offers the critical text, an annotated English translation, and a comprehensive introduction to Donnolo and his works.
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