About the Authors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. 1 Sephardim and Ashkenazim 1
4. 2 Ashkenazim and Sephardim before (and after) the Modern Age 23
5. 3 Creating a Visual Repertoire for the Late Medieval Haggadah 47
6. 4 Early Modern Messianism between Ashkenazim and Sephardim 73
7. 5 “All of the Differing Opinions of the Poskim, No One Fails to Appear” 89
8. 6 Confluent and Conflictual Traditions in the Lagoon 103
9. 7 Joining the Fight for Freedom 125
10. 8 Kabbalah and Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Amsterdam 155
11. 9 Vienna 183
12. 10 Max Nordau’s View on Sephardic Judaism and the Emergence of Political Zionism 209
13. Selected Bibliography 229
14. About the Authors 257
15. Index of Names 259