Counting the Miracles: Jewish Thought, Mysticism, and the Arts from Late Antiquity to the Present: Festschrift for Giulio Busi on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday

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Counting the Miracles: Jewish Thought, Mysticism, and the Arts from Late Antiquity to the Present

Festschrift for Giulio Busi on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday

Edited by: Silvana Greco and Judith Olszowy-Schlanger

Languages: English, German, Italian

Published/Copyright: 2025

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In honor of the writings of Giulio Busi, scholar of Jewish culture, the book investigates from a multidisciplinary perspective the extraordinary richness of Jewish culture in the Diaspora from antiquity to the latter part of the 20th century. A number of rabbinic writings, medieval manuscripts from the South of France, visual qabbalah, the Yiddish language, artistic expressions as well as the philosophical and social traditions of some prominent twentieth-century figures will be explored.

While the Jewish cultural tradition has always incorporated the cultural influences of the broader socio-historical context in which it was embedded, it has in turn been a source of inspiration for the intellectual élite of the majority society. In this regard, the volume will examine the fruitful mutual exchange between Jewish scholars and Christian humanists during the Renaissance. However, the life of Jews in the Diaspora did not always take place in a context of peaceful integration. It was punctuated by harsh confrontations and persecution. Finally, the book will illustrate how precisely during the darkest and most tragic period of the 20th century, Jewish culture was an important tool of resistance and struggle against Nazi-Fascism.

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Silvana Greco, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany; and Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, University of Oxford, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Würdigung von Prof. Dr. Giulio Busi zur Festschrift Felix Klein Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction: In Honor of Giulio Busi Silvana Greco and Judith Olszowy-Schlanger Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
Bibliography of Giulio Busi Publicly Available Download PDF	XXI
Part 1: Immaterial Culture in the Diaspora from Late Antiquity to the Present
Jüdische Diaspora im spätantiken römischen Reich – Kontinuität und Wandel Günter Stemberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
Cleopatra Minor or Berenice Major? Casius Dio on Berenice and Titus in Rome (75–79 CE) Tal Ilan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
Joshua’s Land in the Rabbinic Imagination Constanza Cordoni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	37
A Jewish Vision of the Jerusalem Temple From Nineteenth- Century London: Solomon Yom Tov Bennett’s Temple of Ezekiel (Torat Ha-Bayit) [1824] David B. Ruderman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
Quando si invitano alla festa cabalisti, hassidim e rabbini miracolosi: quattro racconti di Yitskhok Leybush Peretz Anna Linda Callow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	71
Sulla soglia Massimo Cacciari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
Part 2: Material Jewish Culture: Books, Manuscripts, Judaica, and Visual Arts
Il Dio invisibile. Das Ringen um Bilder und Gottesdarstellungen im Judentum—Theologie und Philosophie als Ancillae Artis Karl E. Grözinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
Sulla redazione e la tradizione testuale del Sibbuv di Petaḥyah da Regensburg Piero Capelli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	129
Jewish Vertical Codices from The Cairo Genizah: Another Way of Reading a Book Judith Olszowy-Schlanger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
La visione degli arredi del santuario nelle Bibbie sefardite: varianti iconografiche di un’antologia di simboli Emma Abate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
Keter Shem Tov in Context: Kabbalistic Symbols, Digital Letters, and Diagrams Gerold Necker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
Seder Pidyon nefesh – Ein kabbalistischer Heilungsritus nach einem improvisierten Manuskript aus der Synagoge Obermoschel in der Nordpfalz Andreas Lehnardt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	227
The Letter’s Shapes as a Prism of Jewish Thought: Yom Tov Lipmann’s Sefer Alfa Beta Annett Martini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
Inscribing Hands: Haptic Dimensions of Kabbalistic Experience in Early Modern East–Central Europe Agata Paluch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
Qabbalah visiva – The Emergence of the Visual Lore in Jewish Mysticism Klaus Herrmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
«For the Miracles». Celebrating Jewish Communitas in Purim Sheni Rituals (Italy, 16^th – 19^th Centuries) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	313
A House Divided: Trans–Regional Mobility and the Morpurgo Family in the Eighteenth Century Francesca Bregoli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	333
Die Erfindung der «jüdischen Kunst» um 1900 Das „Volk der Schrift“ und das Bild Andreas Kilcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	353
Furta sacra. Ellenismi del Novecento Salvatore Settis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	383
Die moderne jüdische Kunst als Ausdruck der conditio judaica Elvira Grözinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	425
Part 3: The Cultural Exchange between Jews and Non-Jews in Europe
«Questa e la cabala certa et fortissima et miravigliosa». Testi cabbalistici dalla biblioteca di Pier Leone da Spoleto Saverio Campanini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	459
Johannes Reuchlins Entwicklung als Hebraist und Christlicher Kabbalist Reimund Leicht Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	521
Giorgio Vasari’s Castration of Caelus: A Visual Example of Pagan Kabbalah Raphael Ebgi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	563
Stella Norsa, a Jewish Woman Banker in Renaissance Mantua Mauro Perani and Elena Lolli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	585
Nomadi dell’utopia: Alla ricerca delle tribù disperse Giuseppe Veltri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	613
Il Rinascimento balla ebraico? Botticelli, Dante und das Motiv von König Davids Tanz Dagmar Korbacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	625
«Osculo Oris Sui»: Embracing and Kissing the Angels or How Fra Angelico Saw the Afterlife Laura Ștefănescu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	645
Contested Wisdom: The Renaissance Rediscovery of Jewish Tradition and History of Philosophy in Lutheran Universities (17^th–18^th Century) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	677
Note sull’itinerario italiano di Samuel Morpurgo (alias Philipp Sarker, alias Francesco Filippo Sarchi, alias Philippe Sarchi, 1764–1830) Angela Guidi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	699
Martin Buber e Georg Simmel: riflessioni per un confronto Massimo Cerulo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	721
Part 4: The Exile of European Jews during Fascism: Cultural and Political Resistance
A Cultural Sociologist Opposes Hitler. Frieda Wunderlich and Her Analysis of Nazi Society Silvana Greco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	743
Max Horkheimer: Politics and Philosophy during His Exile Davide Bondì Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	777
Exile, Love, and Survival in the Fiction of Isaac Bashevis Singer (in the Novels The Charlatan, Yame and Keyle, Max and Flora) Fiona Shelly Diwan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	799
Mario Castelnuovo–Tedesco. L’esperienza dell’esilio nello specchio delle opera Luigi Attademo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	821
La signora delle navi. Incontri inediti con Ada Sereni Simonetta Della Seta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	843
«Lievito tragico». La riflessione di Mario Lattes sull’antisemitismo Giacomo Jori Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	851
Friendly Tributes: Lyrics and Music between the Worlds
Drei Gedichte von Paul Celan Moshe Kahn and Vittorio Tamaro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	867
Eine (Ton-)Leiter – Versuch über jüdische Identität Luca Lombardi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	869
Avre tu puerta serrada Miriam Meghnagi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	881
About the Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	883
Acknowledgements Silvana Greco and Judith Olszowy Schlanger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	887
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	889

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eBook published on:

May 19, 2025

eBook ISBN:

9783111325545

Hardcover published on:

May 19, 2025

Hardcover ISBN:

9783111325354

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Front matter:

45

Main content:

905

Illustrations:

26

Coloured Illustrations:

146

Tables:

8

Coloured Tables:

0

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111325545

eBook ISBN: 9783111325545

Hardcover ISBN: 9783111325354

Keywords for this book

Jewish Culture; Mysticism; Diaspoa; Jewish Thought

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Judaists, historians, art historians, literary scholars, social scientists.

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Counting the Miracles: Jewish Thought, Mysticism, and the Arts from Late Antiquity to the Present

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