Don Issac Abravanel : an intellectual biography /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Waltham, Massachusetts :
Brandeis University Press,
[2021]
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| Edition: | [New edition]. |
| Series: | Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1: Don Isaac Abravanel in Portugal (1437-1483)
- 1. The Kingdom of Portugal and the Abravanel Family
- 2. Isaac Abravanel and Iberian Court Culture
- 3. Isaac Abravanel as a Jewish Leader in His Hebrew Epistles
- 4. Isaac Abravanel: Philosopher and Theologian
- 5. Don Isaac's Fall from Grace in Portugal
- Part 2: Don Isaac Abravanel in Castile (1483-1492)
- 6. Don Isaac Abravanel Immigrates to Castile
- 7. Isaac Abravanel's Historical and Literary Approach to the Books of the Former Prophets
- 8. The Figure of the Leader in Abravanel's Commentary on the Former Prophets
- 9. Don Isaac's Republicanism
- 10. Success at the Courts of the Catholic Monarchs
- Part 3: Don Isaac Abravanel in Italy (1492-1508)
- 11. Abravanel's Arrival in Naples
- 12. Commentary on Kings as a Response to the Expulsion
- 13. Solomon: The Ideal King
- 14. The Temple: Construction, Glory, Destruction
- 15. The Military Crisis in Italy at the End of the Fifteenth Century
- 16. A Defense of Judaism in the Midst of the Storm
- 17. Messianism
- 18. The Last Years in Venice (1503-1508)
- Afterword: Don Isaac Abravanel in the Twentieth Century
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index