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OverviewThis is the first book to offer a translation into English-as well as a critical study-of a Spanish treatise written around 1650 by Rabbi Saul Levi Morteira, whose most renowned congregant was Baruch Spinoza. Aimed at encouraging the practice of halachic Judaism among the Amsterdam-based descendants of conversos, Spanish and Portuguese Sephardic Jews who had been forced to convert to Christianity, the book stages a dialogue between two conversos that ultimately leads to a vision of a Jewish homeland-an outcome that Morteira thought was only possible through his program for rejudaisation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gregory KaplanPublisher: Amsterdam University Press Imprint: Amsterdam University Press Edition: 0 Volume: 0 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm ISBN: 9789462980105ISBN 10: 9462980101 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 13 January 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book makes a significant contribution to a better understanding of the life of early modern Jewish communities, particularly but not exclusively in Amsterdam, against the background of the socio-cultural relations, and of the tensions, between different components of early modern Jewry. - Diego Lucci, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad in the Journal of Ecclesiastical History Author InformationProfessor Gregory Kaplan is a Professor of Spanish at the University of Tennessee, where he also holds a Lindsay Young Professorship. He has received an NEH Fellowship and the Jefferson Prize at the University of Tennessee. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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