TY  - GEN
T1  - Rabbis and Jewish communities in Renaissance Italy
T2  - Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
A1  - Bonfil, Robert
A2  - Chipman, Jonathan
LA  - English
LA  - Hebrew
PP  - Oxford ; Portland, Or.
PB  - Littman library of Jewish civilization
YR  - 2004
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1040695317
AB  - Focusing on the figure of the rabbi, this book provides a vivid picture of Italian Jewry during the Renaissance. The author discusses Jewish life of the period (c.1450-1600) in its social, institutional, and cultural aspects, placing them against the backdrop of the wider Catholic environment to give an original interpretation of how Jewish cultural and religious life developed in the Renaissance context. Particular attention is given to changes in the status and functions of the rabbis and to the relations between the rabbinate and the lay leadership. Of special interest is the exploration of the cultural world of the rabbis and the broader issue of intellectual developments at the time.Essentially a translation of Part I of the Hebrew edition, which won wide acclaim for its perspective, Rabbis and Jewish Communities in Renaissance Italy has been carefully adapted for an English-speaking readership. Substantial excerpts from the appendices have been incorporated into the text so that the evidence necessary to support the arguments is easily accessible.
NO  - "First published 1990 by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization"--Title page verso
NO  - "First digital on-demand edition 2004"--Title page verso
CN  - BM322 .B6613 2004eb
SN  - 9781909821255
SN  - 190982125X
SN  - 187477417X
SN  - 9781874774174
KW  - Rabbis : Italy : Office : History.
KW  - Jews : Italy : History : 15th century.
KW  - Jews : Italy : History : 16th century.
KW  - Judaism : Italy : History : 16th century.
KW  - Renaissance : Italy.
KW  - Rabbins : Italie : Fonction : Histoire.
KW  - Renaissance : Italie.
KW  - Jews
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Rabbis : Office
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Italy
KW  - 1400-1599
KW  - History
ER  -