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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Giuseppe Veltri and Gianfranco Miletto -- Judah Moscato. His Life and His Work Judah Moscato: / Gianfranco Miletto -- Principles of Jewish Skeptical Thought. The Case of Judah Moscato and Simone Luzzatto / Giuseppe Veltri -- Moscato as Eulogizer / Marc Saperstein -- On Kabbalah in R. Judah Moscato’s Qol Yehudah / Moshe Idel -- Amicitia and Hermeticism. Paratext as Key to Judah Moscato’s Nefuṣot Yehudah / Bernard Dov Cooperman -- Judah Moscato, Abraham Portaleone, and Biblical Incense in Late Renaissance Mantua / Andrew Berns -- Judah Moscato’s Sources and Hebrew Printing in the Sixteenth Century: / Adam Shear -- 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 / Daniela Ferrari -- The Levi Dynasty: / Don Harrán -- Spatial Stories: / Dana E. Katz -- Saladin the Crusader, the Christian Haman, and the Off-key Priest: / Claudia Rosenzweig -- Some Unknown 16th-Century Documents about Abraham Yagel and a Possible Link to the Controversy about the “Holy Diana” in the Mantuan Synagogue / Daniel Jütte -- On Abraham’s Neck. The Editio Princeps of the Sefer Yeṣirah (Mantua 1562) and Its Context / Saverio Campanini -- The Italian Translation of the Psalms by Judah Sommo / Alessandro Guetta -- Savants and Scholars in Jewish Mantua: / Shlomo Simonsohn -- Bibliography / Giuseppe Veltri and Gianfranco Miletto -- Subject Index / Giuseppe Veltri and Gianfranco Miletto.