Isaac's Fear is a study of a Hebrew encyclopedia of Judaism from eighteenth-century Ferrara. The encylopedia synthesizes science and religion. Its entries illuminate the society and culture of early modern Italy, its Jewish community and the intellectual life of the author and his contemporaries.
| Autor: | Malkiel, David |
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| ISBN: | 9781644697351 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Ingram Publishers Services |
| Veröffentlicht: | 22.02.2022 |
| Untertitel: | An Early Modern Encyclopedia of Judaism |
| Schlagworte: | Jewish philosophy Judaism - life & practice Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Philosophy of religion Religion & science Religion and science |
David Malkiel is Full Professor in the Department of Jewish History of Bar-Ilan University, in Israel. He has published widely on Jewish life in medieval and early modern Europe. On the Jews of Italy, a primary field of interest, he has published four books, most recently Stones Speak (2014), an interdisciplinary study of the Hebrew tombstones of Padua.