Don Isaac Abravanel – An Intellectual Biography

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry

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Beskrivning

Don Isaac Abravanel (1437–1508) was one of the great inventors of Jewish modernity. A merchant, banker, and court financier, a scholar versed in both Jewish and Christian writings, a preacher and exegete, a prominent political actor in royal entourages and Jewish communities, Abravanel was one of the greatest leaders and thinkers of Iberian Jewry in the aftermath of the expulsion of 1492. This book, the first new intellectual biography of Abravanel in twenty years, depicts his life in three cultural milieus—Portugal, Castile, and post-expulsion Italy—and analyzes his major literary accomplishments in each period. Abravanel was a traditionalist with innovative ideas, a man with one foot in the Middle Ages and the other in the Renaissance. An erudite scholar, author of a monumental exegetical opus that is still studied today, and an avid book collector, he was a transitional figure, defined by an age of contradictions. Yet, it is these very contradictions that make him such an important personality for understanding the dawn of Jewish modernity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-11-22
Mått:166 x 245 x 33 mm
Vikt:730 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:Brandeis University Press
ISBN:9781684580231

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Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion
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Mer om författaren

Cedric Cohen-Skalli teaches early modern and modern Jewish philosophy at the University of Haifa and is the director of the Bucerius Institute for the Research of Contemporary German History and Society.

Recensioner i media

"Cohen-Skalli's book is a daring, suggestive and stimulating book...without a doubt, the work that Cohen-Skalli offers us will have to be taken into account in the future when approaching the study of the figure of Abravanel and his Biblical commentaries and theological treatises."

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart 1: Don Isaac Abravanel in Portugal (1437-1483)1. The Kingdom of Portugal and the Abravanel Family2. Isaac Abravanel and Iberian Court Culture3. Isaac Abravanel as a Jewish Leader in His Hebrew Epistles 4. Isaac Abravanel: Philosopher and Theologian 5. Don Isaac’s Fall from Grace in Portugal Part 2: Don Isaac Abravanel in Castile (1483-1492)6. Don Isaac Abravanel Immigrates to Castile 7. Isaac Abravanel’s Historical and Literary Approach to the Books of the Former Prophets8. The Figure of the Leader in Abravanel’s Commentary on the Former Prophets9. Don Isaac’s Republicanism10. Success at the Courts of the Catholic MonarchsPart 3: Don Isaac Abravanel in Italy (1492-1508)11. Abravanel’s Arrival in Naples12. Commentary on Kings as a Response to the Expulsion13. Solomon: The Ideal King14. The Temple: Construction, Glory, Destruction15. The Military Crisis in Italy at the End of the Fifteenth Century 16. A Defense of Judaism in the Midst of the Storm 17. Messianism18. The Last Years in Venice (1503–1508) Afterword: Don Isaac Abravanel in the Twentieth CenturyNotesBibliographyIndex