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Judah ben Joseph Moscato (c.1533-1590) was one of the most distinguished rabbis, authors, and preachers of the Italian-Jewish Renaissance. The book
Sefer Nefuṣot Yehudah belongs to the very centre of his homiletic and philosophical oeuvre.
About the author
Gianfranco Miletto is university private lecturer ("Privatdozent") at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. He has published on Biblical Philology and on the Jewish culture in Italy at the time of the Renaissance and Counter-Reformation:
L' Antico Testamento Ebraico nella tradizione babilonese (1992);
Die Heldenschilde des Abraham ben David Portaleone, 2 vols. (2003);
Glauben und Wissen im Zeitalter der Reformation (2004), and
Judah Moscato Sermons: Edition and Translation, Volume One (2011) and
Volume Two (2012).
Giuseppe Veltri, is professor for Jewish Studies at the University of Halle-Wittenberg and honorary Professor for History of Religions at the University of Leipzig. He has published numerous monographs and articles including:
Scritti politici e filosofici di Simone Luzzatto (2013),
Language of Conformity & Dissent (2013),
Renaissance Philosophy in Jewish Garb (2009), and
Libraries, Translations, and 'Canonic' Texts (2006).
