Rabbi Judah Moscato and the Jewish intellectual world of Mantua in 16th-17th century / edited by Giuseppe Veltri and Gianfranco Miletto.

• Superior document: Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 35
• TeilnehmendeR: Veltri, Giuseppe.; Miletto, Gianfranco, 1960-
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 35.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Notes: "Proceedings of an international conference, organized by the Institute of Jewish Studies at Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), and Mantua's State Archives"--ECIP data view.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Judah Moscato. His Life and His Work Judah Moscato: /; Principles of Jewish Skeptical Thought. The Case of Judah Moscato and Simone Luzzatto /; Moscato as Eulogizer /; On Kabbalah in R. Judah Moscato’s Qol Yehudah /; Amicitia and Hermeticism. Paratext as Key to Judah Moscato’s Nefuṣot Yehudah /; Judah Moscato, Abraham Portaleone, and Biblical Incense in Late Renaissance Mantua /; Judah Moscato’s Sources and Hebrew Printing in the Sixteenth Century: /; The Jewish intellectual World of Mantua in 16th–17th centuries The Gonzaga Archives of Mantua and Their Rearrangements Over the Centuries, along with an Overview of Archival Materials on Mantuan Jewry /; The Levi Dynasty: /; Spatial Stories: /; Saladin the Crusader, the Christian Haman, and the Off-key Priest: /; Some Unknown 16th-Century Documents about Abraham Yagel and a Possible Link to the Controversy about the “Holy Diana” in the Mantuan Synagogue /; On Abraham’s Neck. The Editio Princeps of the Sefer Yeṣirah (Mantua 1562) and Its Context /; The Italian Translation of the Psalms by Judah Sommo /; Savants and Scholars in Jewish Mantua: /; Bibliography /; Subject Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1280126701; 9786613530561; 9004222464
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Giuseppe Veltri and Gianfranco Miletto.

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.