Judah Moscato Sermons

Gianfranco Miletto is university private lecturer (“Privatdozent”) at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. He has published on Biblical Philology and on the Jewish culture in Italy at the time of the Renaissance and Counter-Reformation: L’ Antico Testamento Ebraico nella tradizione babilonese (1992); Die Heldenschilde des Abraham ben David Portaleone, 2 vols. (2003); Glauben und Wissen im Zeitalter der Reformation (2004), and Judah Moscato Sermons: Edition and Translation, Volume One (2011) and Volume Two (2012).Giuseppe Veltri, is professor for Jewish Studies at the University of Halle-Wittenberg and honorary Professor for History of Religions at the University of Leipzig. He has published numerous monographs and articles including: Scritti politici e filosofici di Simone Luzzatto (2013), Language of Conformity & Dissent (2013), Renaissance Philosophy in Jewish Garb (2009), and Libraries, Translations, and ‘Canonic’ Texts (2006).

• PrefaceSummaries of the SermonsTranslationSermon Thirty: To Love and to Fear: For Shemini ‘AṣeretSermon Thirty-One: For Shemini ‘Aṣeret Divine CompassesSermon Thirty-Two: The Crown of a Good Name Excels Sermon Thirty-Three: A Wondrous DescentSermon Thirty-Four: The Beauty of ManSermon Thirty-Five: Shadow of the AlmightySermon Thirty-Six: He Who Putteth His Trust in the Lord Shall be set up on HighSermon Thirty-Seven: The Commandment is a Lamp, and the Teaching (Torah) is LightSermon Thirty-Eight: The Place where Penitents Stand: For Yom KippurSermon Thirty-Nine: The Mercy of the Lord in Accepting PenitentsSermon Forty: An Ordinance of the God of Jacob: For Rosh ha-ShanahBibliographyIndicesHebrew Text