Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. The Italian Setting 11
6. Chapter 2. Educating an Italian Jewish Gentleman 34
7. Chapter 3. Italian Exile in the Ottoman Empire 55
8. Chapter 4. Communal Tensions 78
9. Chapter 5. Hakham Kolel: A Comprehensive Scholar 105
10. Chapter 6. A Jewish Dogmatist 139
11. Chapter 7. A Systematic Theologian 184
12. Conclusion 231
13. Notes 239
14. Bibliography 343
15. Index 377