Preachers of the Italian Ghetto (eBook)

David B. Ruderman (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
180 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-91229-8 (ISBN)

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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.


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

Contributors:
Robert Bonfil
Elliott Horowitz
Moshe Idel
David B. Ruderman
Marc Saperstein
Joanna Weinberg

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.12.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: 16th century Italian history • 16th century jewish history • azariah figo • Christianity • critical anthology • Cultural Studies • early modern jewish culture • economic persecution • eulogy • ground breaking • italian ghetto • Italian History • Italian Jews • Italy • Jew • Jewish • Jewish Life • jewish preachers • Jewish sermons • judah del bene • Judaism • leon modena • Political persecution • Pope Paul IV • Religion • Religious • religious persecution • Religious Studies • religious tensions • Urban life
• ISBN-10: 0-520-91229-2 / 0520912292
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-91229-8 / 9780520912298