Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy /

Show other versions (1)

With this heady exploration of time and space, rumors and silence, colors, tastes, and ideas, Robert Bonfil recreates the richness of Jewish life in Renaissance Italy. He also forces us to rethink conventional interpretations of the period, which feature.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bonfil, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1994.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dagelijks leven.
Joden.
Jews.
Ethnic relations.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
HISTORY.
Jews > Italy > History.
Italië
Italy.
Italy > Ethnic relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Structures of settlement and the economy
  • The laws of topodemographic distribution
  • Trades and professions
  • pt. 2. Structures of culture and society
  • The problem of sociocultural identity: some preliminary observations
  • Education and the rabbinical ideal
  • Jewish culture hebraists, and the role of the Kabbalah
  • Community institutions
  • pt. 3. Structures of mentality
  • Time and space
  • Sounds and silence
  • Colors, tastes, and odors
  • The days of life
  • Death as the mirror of life.

Similar Items