[Shevet sofrim : : toldot hakhme Italyah (460-560)] = Le republique des lettres : rabbins, ecrivains et medecins juifs en Italie au XVIIIe siecle / / par Asher Salah.

• Superior document: Studies in Jewish history and culture, v. 16
• Author: Salah, Asher, 1967-
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: French
• Series: Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (836 p.)
• Notes: Cover title: La republique des lettres.
• Other title: Republique des lettres; Toldot hakhme Italyah (460-560); Rabbins, ecrivains et medecins juifs en Italie au XVIIIe siecle; Matière Préliminaire /; 1. Préface /; 2. Dictionnaire Bio-Bibliographique des Auteurs et Médecins Juifs en Italie au XVIIIe Siècle /; 3. Bibliographie /; 4. Appendices /; 5. Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-773) and index.
• ISBN: 1282396951; 9786612396953; 904740341X
• ISSN: 1568-5004
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: par Asher Salah.

This volume is a reference book on more than a thousand Jewish writers—rabbis, physicians and laymen—active in 18th-century Italy. Each author has a biographical notice, followed by a list of his printed works and manuscripts, their location in the major international judaica collections and a bibliography of the relevant secondary sources. The book is illustrated with more than forty portraits of authors and includes rich analytical and thematic indexes. This work is intended to be a fundamental instrument for scholars interested in the Jewish Italian Enlightenment. It allows us to address, from a sociological and quantitative perspective, questions such as: what did Italian Jews write about?, for whom?, where?, in which language?