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Hebraic Aspects of the Renaissance
Sources and Encounters
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Christian Hebraism came to its full fruition in the seventeenth century. However, interest in Jewish and Hebraic sources had already increased during the early Renaissance, as an integral part of the renewed attention to ancient cultures, mostly Greek and Roman, as well as eastern cultures – from Egypt to India. This volume presents a selection of papers from the international conference Hebraic Aspects of the Renaissance (University of Haifa, May, 2009), that trace the humanist encounter with Hebrew and Jewish sources during that period. The chapters included in this volume not only illuminate the ways in which Christian scholars encountered Hebraic sources and integrated them into their general worldview, but also present the encounters of Jewish scholars with humanist culture.
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Ilana Zinguer is Professor Emerita in Renaissance French Literature and ex-Chair of The Center for the Study of French Civilization at the Univesity of Haifa. Her publications include discussions of French literature, emblems, women, travels, alchemy, medicine, Hebrew, and Hebraic sources of the Renaissance.
Abraham Melamed is Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Wolfson Chair for the Study of Jewish Cultural Heritage at the University of Haifa. He has published widely on medieval and Renaissance Jewish intellectual history and political philosophy.
Zur Shalev, Ph.D. (2004) in History, Princeton University, is researching and teaching early modern European history at the University of Haifa, Israel. He has published works on geography, cartography, travel, pilgrimage, Hebraism, and Orientalism.
Abraham Melamed is Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Wolfson Chair for the Study of Jewish Cultural Heritage at the University of Haifa. He has published widely on medieval and Renaissance Jewish intellectual history and political philosophy.
Zur Shalev, Ph.D. (2004) in History, Princeton University, is researching and teaching early modern European history at the University of Haifa, Israel. He has published works on geography, cartography, travel, pilgrimage, Hebraism, and Orientalism.
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"This excellent volume presents papers from a conference at the University of Haifa (2009) and serves as a companion to the ground-breaking expanded horizons of Jewish Renaissance scholarship led by Moshe Idel,
Robert Bonfil, and David Ruderman. It makes a positive contribution to the prior Baronian “anti-lachyrmose
historiography” Renaissance scholarship of C. Roth, M. A. Shulvass, A. Milano, and A. Lesley."
Dr. David B. Levy, Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews (2012) Vol. 2, No. 1
Robert Bonfil, and David Ruderman. It makes a positive contribution to the prior Baronian “anti-lachyrmose
historiography” Renaissance scholarship of C. Roth, M. A. Shulvass, A. Milano, and A. Lesley."
Dr. David B. Levy, Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews (2012) Vol. 2, No. 1
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296
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Keywords for this book
Jewish-Christian relations; Geography; Cosmography; Hebraism; Renaissance Humanism; Inter-cultural exchange; Christian Kabbalah; Biblical scholarship; Translation; Abravanel; Early modern; European culture
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This volume will be of interest to scholars of Renaissance humanism and of Christian Hebraism, to those who specialize in Judaic culture and inter-cultural exchanges, and to historians of early modern religion.
