The Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century Venetian Rabbi: Leon Modena's Life of Judah Paperback - 1988
by Leone Modena; Mark R. Cohen (Editor)
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Leon (Judah Aryeh) Modena was a major intellectual figure of the early modern Italian Jewish community--a complex and intriguing personality who was famous among contemporary European Christians as well as Jews. Modena produced an autobiography that documents in poignant detail the turbulent life of his family in the Jewish ghetto of Venice. The text of this work is well known to Jewish scholars but has never before been translated from the original Hebrew, except in brief excerpts. This complete translation, based on Modena's autographic manuscript, makes available in English a wealth of historical material about Jewish family life of the period, religion in daily life, the plague of 1630-1631, crime and punishment, the influence of kabbalistic mysticisms, and a host of other subjects.
The introdctory essay by Mark R. Cohen and Theodore K. Rabb highlights the significance of the work for early modern Jewish and general European history. Howard E. Adelman presents an up-to-date biographical sketch of the author and points the way toward a new assessment of his place in Jewish history. Natalie Zemon Davis places Modena's work in the context of European autobiography, both Christian and Jewish, and especially explores the implications of the Jewish status as outsider for the privileged exploration of the self. A set of historical notes, compiled by Howard Adelman and Benjamin C.I. Ravid, elucidates the text.
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- Title The Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century Venetian Rabbi: Leon Modena's Life of Judah
- Author Leone Modena; Mark R. Cohen (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1988-09-21
- Features Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780691008240 / 0691008248
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.8 in (23.11 x 15.75 x 2.03 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Library of Congress subjects Civilization, Modern - 17th century, Venice (Italy) - Biography
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 88004190
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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