Responsa in a historical context : a view of post-expulsion Spanish-Portuguese Jewish communities through sixteenth- and seventeenth-century responsa / Debby Koren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koren, Debby, 1951- author.

Series:

Studies in Orthodox Judaism.

Studies in Orthodox Judaism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Responsa--History and criticism.

Responsa.

Jews--Ottoman Empire--History--16th century.

Jews.

Jews--Ottoman Empire--History--17th century.

Jews--Netherlands--History--17th century.

Jews--Brazil--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, [2024]

Summary:

This book contains a collection of eight annotated translations of responsa, alongside the original Hebrew texts, focusing on the post-expulsion Spanish-Portuguese communities of the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. Topics include excommunication in Amsterdam, ʻagunot, inheritance rights of a converso son, obligatory contracts and breach of agreement, heresy and humanist scholarship, informing on someone to the Venetian Inquisition, and more.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

On Excommunication

1. Divorce out of Love: A Sixteenth-Century Woman’s Story

2. The Tax Cut Lobby

3. Are You Calling Me a Heretic?!

4. Families Torn Apart

5. What’s in a Name?

6. Is Your Blood Any Redder?

7. Excommunication in Amsterdam

8. South of the Equator, in the New World

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798887193601

OCLC:

1419062808