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Isaac's fear : An early modern encyclopedia of Judaism / David Malkiel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malkiel, David Joshua, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Talmud--Dictionaries--Hebrew.
- Talmud.
- Lampronti, Isaac Hezekiah ben Samuel, 1679-1756.
- Lampronti, Isaac Hezekiah ben Samuel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- Isaac's Fear is a study of a Hebrew encyclopedia ofJudaism from eighteenth-century Ferrara. The encylopedia synthesizes scienceand religion. Its entries illuminate the society and culture of early modernItaly, its Jewish community and the intellectual life of the author and hiscontemporaries.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART ONE
- 1. Empiricism
- 2. Palazzo Tè
- 3. The Past
- 4. Traditional Society
- PART TWO
- 5. The Sambation
- 6. Intercessory Prayer
- 7. Pollution
- 8. Christian Hebraism
- General Index
- Index of Sources
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781644697375
- 1644697378
- 9781644697368
- 164469736X
- OCLC:
- 1293240921
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