Rabbi Judah Moscato and the Jewish Intellectual World of Mantua in the 16th-17th Centuries

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 by the Institute of Jewish Studies at Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), and Mantua s State Archives. It consists of contributions on Moscato and the intellectual world in Mantua during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Product details

• Assisted by: Gianfranco Miletto (Editor), Giuseppe Veltri (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.03.2012
• EAN: 9789004222250
• ISBN: 978-90-04-22225-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Weight: 686 g
• Series: Studies in Jewish History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism