| The Jews in Italy: Their Contribution to the Development and Diffusion of Jewish Heritage Contributor(s): Harel, Yaron (Editor), Perani, Mauro (Editor) |
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ISBN: 164469025X ISBN-13: 9781644690253 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Jewish Studies - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Religion, Politics & State |
| Dewey: 945.049 |
| LCCN: 2019004279 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.75 lbs) 444 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: All twenty-two original articles in the current volume are based on lectures given at the conference "The Jews in Italy: Their Contribution to the Development and Diffusion of Jewish Heritage", which was convened in September 2011, at the University of Bologna, Department of Cultural Heritage. Geographically, the articles range from Italy to the Ottoman Empire (the Balkans and Aleppo), from France and Germany to the Middle East, including Israel, North and East Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Ethiopia). Chronologically, articles begin with the Roman period, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance until modern times. In this collection, the reader will find a wide range of subjects reflecting various scholarly perspectives such as history; Christian-Jewish relations; Kabbalah; commentary on the Bible and Talmud; language, grammar, and translation; literature; philosophy; gastronomy; art; culture; folklore; and education. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harel, Yaron: - Yaron Harel is Full Professor at the department of Jewish History at Bar Ilan University. He is the vice-chairman of the Israeli Historical Society, and incumbent of the Yekutiel and Hannah Klein Chair in the History the Rabbinate during the Modern Period, Bar Ilan University. His research deals with political, social, and cultural history of the Jews in the Middle East in modern times. He published twelve books and several peer-reviewed articles.Perani, Mauro: - Mauro Perani is Full Professor of Hebrew at the University of Bologna, Department of Cultural Heritage. President of the European Association for Jewish Studies in 2006-2010, he is currently President of the Italian Association for Jewish Studies (AISG). In 2013, he discovered the oldest complete Sefer Torah, in the University of Bologna library. In the same year, he received a PhD honoris causa from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his research on thousands of medieval Hebrew manuscripts reused in Italian archives as bindings in the 16th-18th centuries. Director and Editor of Materia Giudaica, journal of the AISG, he also founded the series Corpus Epitaphiorum Hebraicorum Italiae. He has worked on the "Italian Genizah Project" for thirty-five years, and is currently partaking in the "Books within Books" initiative as a Member of the Scientific Board. He is the author of a dozen volumes and more than four hundred articles. |