Jewish life in Renaissance Italy /
Bonfil, Robert.
Jewish life in Renaissance Italy / Robert Bonfil ; translated by Anthony Oldcorn. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c1994. - 1 online resource (xiii, 319 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Structures of settlement and the economy -- The laws of topodemographic distribution -- Trades and professions -- pt. 2. Structures of culture and society -- The problem of sociocultural identity: some preliminary observations -- Education and the rabbinical ideal -- Jewish culture hebraists, and the role of the Kabbalah -- Community institutions -- pt. 3. Structures of mentality -- Time and space -- Sounds and silence -- Colors, tastes, and odors -- The days of life -- Death as the mirror of life.
With this heady exploration of time and space, rumors and silence, colors, tastes, and ideas, Robert Bonfil recreates the richness of Jewish life in Renaissance Italy. He also forces us to rethink conventional interpretations of the period, which feature.
9780520910997 ebook 0520910990 0585081328 (electronic bk.) 9780585081328 (electronic bk.) 9780520073500 (alk. paper) 0520073509 (alk. paper)
22573/cttt02g9 JSTOR
2021696507
Jews--History.--Italy
HISTORY.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Ethnic relations.
Jews.
Joden.
Dagelijks leven.
Italy--Ethnic relations.
Italy.
Italië
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DS135.I8
945/.004924
Jewish life in Renaissance Italy / Robert Bonfil ; translated by Anthony Oldcorn. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c1994. - 1 online resource (xiii, 319 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Structures of settlement and the economy -- The laws of topodemographic distribution -- Trades and professions -- pt. 2. Structures of culture and society -- The problem of sociocultural identity: some preliminary observations -- Education and the rabbinical ideal -- Jewish culture hebraists, and the role of the Kabbalah -- Community institutions -- pt. 3. Structures of mentality -- Time and space -- Sounds and silence -- Colors, tastes, and odors -- The days of life -- Death as the mirror of life.
With this heady exploration of time and space, rumors and silence, colors, tastes, and ideas, Robert Bonfil recreates the richness of Jewish life in Renaissance Italy. He also forces us to rethink conventional interpretations of the period, which feature.
9780520910997 ebook 0520910990 0585081328 (electronic bk.) 9780585081328 (electronic bk.) 9780520073500 (alk. paper) 0520073509 (alk. paper)
22573/cttt02g9 JSTOR
2021696507
Jews--History.--Italy
HISTORY.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Ethnic relations.
Jews.
Joden.
Dagelijks leven.
Italy--Ethnic relations.
Italy.
Italië
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DS135.I8
945/.004924