Amsterdam's people of the book : Jewish society and the turn to scripture in the seventeenth century /
An investigation of the primacy of Scripture to the 17th-Jewish Portuguese community in Amsterdam, as opposed to the more common emphasis on rabbinic works. Shows how the influence of surrounding Christian culture, scientific discovery and the Portuguese Jews' converso background all contribute...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cincinnati :
Hebrew Union College Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | An investigation of the primacy of Scripture to the 17th-Jewish Portuguese community in Amsterdam, as opposed to the more common emphasis on rabbinic works. Shows how the influence of surrounding Christian culture, scientific discovery and the Portuguese Jews' converso background all contributed to this emphasis. |
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| Item Description: | "The book had its genesis during my doctoral studies in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania"--Acknowledgements. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 318 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780878201884 0878201882 |