Rabbis and Jewish communities in Renaissance Italy /

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 giv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bonfil, Robert (Author)
Other Authors: Chipman, Jonathan (Translator)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Hebrew
Published: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Littman library of Jewish civilization 2004.
Series:Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1rmj6f