Rabbis and Jewish communities in Renaissance Italy / Robert Bonfil ; translated by Jonathan Chipman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonfil, Robert, author.

Series:

Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)

The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

Standardized Title:

Rabanut be-Iṭalyah bi-teḳufat ha-Renesans. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Rabbis--Italy--Office.

Rabbis.

Judaism--Italy--History--16th century.

Judaism.

Renaissance--Italy.

Renaissance.

Italy.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 366 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2004.

Language Note:

In English and Hebrew.

Summary:

This text provides a broadly-based study of Jewish history in Italy during the Renaissance, focusing on the most distinguished group in Jewish society, the Rabbinate. Their status and functions are explored, as well as the general social, cultural and institutional history of the period.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Plates; Introduction; 1. The Socio-cultural Background to the Emergence of the Rabbis; 1. The Yeshivah; 2. The Emergence of the Rabbi; 2. The Social Meaning of Rabbinic Ordination; 1. The Status of the Ordained Rabbi; 2. The Demand for Status; 3. Jewish Society and the Rabbinate: Suspicions, Reservations, and Regulations; 4. Authority and Privileges; 5. Ordination and the Doctorate; 6. The Decline in the Prestige of Ordination; 3. The Community-Appointed Rabbi; 1. When and How was the Office Created?

2. The Office of Appointed Rabbi within the Structure of the Communal Organization3. Communal Ordinances and the Promulgation of Bans; 4. Local Conditions; 5. R. Moses Basola's Critique; 6. The Sephardic Model of 'Torah Teacher'; 7. Different Approaches among Ashkenazim and Sephardim; 8. Special Tasks; 9. The Salaries of Community-Appointed Rabbis; 10. Etiquette and Prerogatives; 11. The Absence in Large Communities of the Office of Appointed Rabbi; 12. The Community of Rome; 13. Conclusions; 4. Outside Sources of Rabbinic Income; 1. 'With his soul he earns his bread'

2. What were Itinerant Rabbis?5. The Judicial Function of the Rabbis; 1. Christian Opposition to the Establishment of an Autonomous Jewish Juridical System; 2. Means of Establishing a Jewish Judicial System on the Basis of Arbitration; 3. Strengthening the System of Arbitration; 4. Communal Ordinances; 5. The Establishment of the Rabbinic Court in Ferrara; 6. Arbitration as the Basis for Jewish Law in Italy; 7. 'The Law of the Land is Law'; 8. Some Reflections on the Responsa of Italian Rabbis during the Renaissance; 6. The Cultural World of the Rabbis; 1. Torah and 'Wisdom'

2. The Libraries of the Jews3. Philosophy and Kabbalah; 4. Sermon and Midrash; 5. Theory and Practice; Appendices; Bibliographical Abbreviations; Selected Bibliography; Index.

Notes:

Translation of: Rabanut be-Iṭalyah bi-teḳufat ha-Renesans.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-356) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-909821-25-X

OCLC:

1048817966