Robert G. Morrison is a professor at Bowdoin College. He is the author of The Light of the World: Astronomy in al-Andalus (2016).

"Merchants of Knowledge offers excellent work on Jewish scholarly networks in the Eastern Mediterranean and their unexpected significance for both Ottoman and early modern European history. There are few scholars who would attempt such a demanding project, and fewer yet who could carry it out with such erudition and style as Robert Morrison."—Justin Stearns, NYU Abu Dhabi "Robert Morrison displays a virtuosity and mastery of Renaissance-era debates and substantially shifts how we narrate the mobility of knowledge between 'East' and 'West.' An extremely important book of impressive intellectual breadth."—Harun Küçük, University of Pennsylvania "A groundbreaking study of intellectual exchange in the early modern Mediterranean. Masterfully weaving together stories of Jewish scholars and their commercial and intellectual connections across the Ottoman Empire, Crete, and the Veneto, Robert Morrison revolutionizes our understanding of the making of the European Renaissance."—Nükhet Varlık, Rutgers University

• Note on Translation and TransliterationPrefaceMap of the Eastern Mediterranean ca. 1500 CEIntroduction1. The Network of Merchant-Scholar Families of Candia2. Astrology, a Shared Hermeneutic3. Transactions of Astronomical Tables and Instruments4. Aristotelianism across Borders5. Aristotelianism and Qabbalah6. Theoretical Astronomy between Renaissance Italy and the Ottoman Empire7. Tricks of the Trade in Mechanics and MedicineConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

Robert G. Morrison is a professor at Bowdoin College. He is the author of The Light of the World: Astronomy in al-Andalus (2016).

"Merchants of Knowledge offers excellent work on Jewish scholarly networks in the Eastern Mediterranean and their unexpected significance for both Ottoman and early modern European history. There are few scholars who would attempt such a demanding project, and fewer yet who could carry it out with such erudition and style as Robert Morrison."—Justin Stearns, NYU Abu Dhabi "Robert Morrison displays a virtuosity and mastery of Renaissance-era debates and substantially shifts how we narrate the mobility of knowledge between 'East' and 'West.' An extremely important book of impressive intellectual breadth."—Harun Küçük, University of Pennsylvania "A groundbreaking study of intellectual exchange in the early modern Mediterranean. Masterfully weaving together stories of Jewish scholars and their commercial and intellectual connections across the Ottoman Empire, Crete, and the Veneto, Robert Morrison revolutionizes our understanding of the making of the European Renaissance."—Nükhet Varlık, Rutgers University

• Note on Translation and TransliterationPrefaceMap of the Eastern Mediterranean ca. 1500 CEIntroduction1. The Network of Merchant-Scholar Families of Candia2. Astrology, a Shared Hermeneutic3. Transactions of Astronomical Tables and Instruments4. Aristotelianism across Borders5. Aristotelianism and Qabbalah6. Theoretical Astronomy between Renaissance Italy and the Ottoman Empire7. Tricks of the Trade in Mechanics and MedicineConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

Robert G. Morrison is a professor at Bowdoin College. He is the author of The Light of the World: Astronomy in al-Andalus (2016).

"Merchants of Knowledge offers excellent work on Jewish scholarly networks in the Eastern Mediterranean and their unexpected significance for both Ottoman and early modern European history. There are few scholars who would attempt such a demanding project, and fewer yet who could carry it out with such erudition and style as Robert Morrison."—Justin Stearns, NYU Abu Dhabi "Robert Morrison displays a virtuosity and mastery of Renaissance-era debates and substantially shifts how we narrate the mobility of knowledge between 'East' and 'West.' An extremely important book of impressive intellectual breadth."—Harun Küçük, University of Pennsylvania "A groundbreaking study of intellectual exchange in the early modern Mediterranean. Masterfully weaving together stories of Jewish scholars and their commercial and intellectual connections across the Ottoman Empire, Crete, and the Veneto, Robert Morrison revolutionizes our understanding of the making of the European Renaissance."—Nükhet Varlık, Rutgers University

• Note on Translation and TransliterationPrefaceMap of the Eastern Mediterranean ca. 1500 CEIntroduction1. The Network of Merchant-Scholar Families of Candia2. Astrology, a Shared Hermeneutic3. Transactions of Astronomical Tables and Instruments4. Aristotelianism across Borders5. Aristotelianism and Qabbalah6. Theoretical Astronomy between Renaissance Italy and the Ottoman Empire7. Tricks of the Trade in Mechanics and MedicineConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex