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Hebraic Aspects of the Renaissance: Sources and Encounters
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Hebraic Aspects of the Renaissance: Sources and Encounters Hardcover - 2011

by Ilana Zinguer (Editor); Abraham Melamed (Editor); Zur Shalev (Editor)

From the rear cover

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.

Details

  • Title Hebraic Aspects of the Renaissance: Sources and Encounters
  • Author Ilana Zinguer (Editor); Abraham Melamed (Editor); Zur Shalev (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 308
  • Volumes 1
  • Language FRE
  • Publisher Brill, Boston/Leiden
  • Date 2011
  • Features Bilingual, Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9789004212558 / 9004212558
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 6.3 x 0.9 in (24.38 x 16.00 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Jewish Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Renaissance, Christianity and other religions - Judaism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011023046
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.21

About the author

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.

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