Levi S Discourse To The Nation Of The Jews
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Levi S Discourse To The Nation Of The Jews
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language : en
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Release Date : 1788
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Levi S Discourse To The Nation Of The Jews
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Author : Levi (pseud.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1788
Levi S Discourse To The Nation Of The Jews written by Levi (pseud.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1788 with categories.
A Bibliographical Guide To Anglo Jewish History
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
A Bibliographical Guide To Anglo Jewish History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with categories.
Discourse On The State Of The Jews
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Author : Simone Luzzatto
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-07-08
Discourse On The State Of The Jews written by Simone Luzzatto and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-08 with History categories.
In 1638, a small book of no more than 92 pages in octavo was published “appresso Gioanne Calleoni” under the title “Discourse on the State of the Jews and in particular those dwelling in the illustrious city of Venice.” It was dedicated to the Doge of Venice and his counsellors, who are labelled “lovers of Truth.” The author of the book was a certain Simone (Simḥa) Luzzatto, a native of Venice, where he lived and died, serving as rabbi for over fifty years during the course of the seventeenth century. Luzzatto’s political thesis is simple and, at the same time, temerarious, if not revolutionary: Venice can put an end to its political decline, he argues, by offering the Jews a monopoly on overseas commercial activity. This plan is highly recommendable because the Jews are “wellsuited for trade,” much more so than others (such as “foreigners,” for example). The rabbi opens his argument by recalling that trade and usury are the only occupations permitted to Jews. Within the confines of their historical situation, the Venetian Jews became particularly skilled at trade with partners from the Eastern Mediterranean countries. Luzzatto’s argument is that this talent could be put at the service of the Venetian government in order to maintain – or, more accurately, recover – its political importance as an intermediary between East and West. He was the first to define the role of the Jews on the basis of their economic and social functions, disregarding the classic categorisation of Judaism’s alleged privileged religious status in world history. Nonetheless, going beyond the socio-economic arguments of the book, it is essential to point out Luzzatto’s resort to sceptical strategies in order to plead in defence of the Venetian Jews. It is precisely his philosophical and political scepticism that makes Luzzatto’s texts so unique. This edition aims to grant access to his works and thought to English-speaking readers and scholars. By approaching his texts from this point of view, the editors hope to open a new path in research into Jewish culture and philosophy that will enable other scholars to develop new directions and new perspectives, stressing the interpenetration between Jews and the surrounding Christian and secular cultures.
Remarks Upon David Levi S Dissertations On The Prophecies Relative To The Messiah
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Author : William Cuninghame
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1810
Remarks Upon David Levi S Dissertations On The Prophecies Relative To The Messiah written by William Cuninghame and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1810 with categories.
Primo Levi
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Author : Mirna Cicioni
language : en
Publisher: Berg
Release Date : 1995-12-01
Primo Levi written by Mirna Cicioni and has been published by Berg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-12-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Primo Levi (1919-1987) is one of Italy's most distinguished writers. A survivor of the Holocaust, his memoirs on the Nazi death camps (If This Is a Man and The Truce) are internationally recognized as among the most powerful and profound testimonies to have come out of the extermination of European Jewry. This book is the first comprehensive introduction to Levi and his writing for English-speaking readers. The author draws attention to the literary worth of Levi's entire output - not just the Holocaust testimonies for which he is primarily known - and situates his works in the context of Italian culture and society from the 1920s to the 1980s. A man with many identities - chemist, industrial manager and writer - he tried, through his writing, to build bridges between different cultures and fields of enquiry.
Primo Levi And Humanism After Auschwitz
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Author : J. Druker
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-06-08
Primo Levi And Humanism After Auschwitz written by J. Druker and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-08 with History categories.
This innovative study reassesses Primo Levi's Holocaust memoirs in light of the posthumanist theories of Adorno, Levinas, Lyotard, and Foucault and finds causal links between certain Enlightenment ideas and the Nazi genocide.
The Jews As A Chosen People
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Author : S. Leyla Gurkan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-12-05
The Jews As A Chosen People written by S. Leyla Gurkan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-05 with Religion categories.
The concept of the Jews as a chosen people is a key element of the Jewish faith and identity. This book explores the idea of chosenness from the ancient world, through modernity and into the Post-Holocaust era. Analysing a vast corpus of biblical, ancient, rabbinic and modern Jewish literature, the author seeks to give a better understanding of this central doctrine of the Jewish religion. She shows that although the idea of chosenness has been central to Judaism and Jewish self-definition, it has not been carried to the present day in the same form. Instead it has gone through constant change, depending on who is employing it, against what sort of background, and for what purpose. Surveying the different and sometimes conflicting interpretations of the doctrine of chosenness that appear in Ancient, Modern, and Post-Holocaust periods, the dominant themes of ‘Holiness’, ‘Mission’, and ‘Survival’ are identified in each respective period. The theological, philosophical, and sociological dimensions of the question of Jewish chosenness are thus examined in their historical context, as responses to the challenges of Christianity, Modernity, and the Holocaust in particular. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Jewish Studies, the Holocaust, religion and theology.
New Theatre Quarterly 65 Volume 17 Part 1
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Author : Clive Barker
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-02-08
New Theatre Quarterly 65 Volume 17 Part 1 written by Clive Barker and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-08 with Drama categories.
Provides an international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet.
Integrity And Historical Research
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Author : Tony Gibbons
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-03-12
Integrity And Historical Research written by Tony Gibbons and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-12 with History categories.
There have been serious debates between historians, novelists and filmmakers as to how best present historical narratives. When writers and filmmakers talk of using historical research with integrity, what exactly do they mean? Integrity and Historical Research examines this question in detail. The first chapter discusses the concept of integrity. The chapters that follow reflect on this philosophical treatment in the light of fiction and film that deals with history in a number of ways. How should writers and filmmakers use lives? Can, and may, people who are now dead and who may have lived long ago, be defamed? The authors include academics, historians, social historians, medievalists, oral historians, literary theorists, historical novelists and script writers. They examine the theoretical influences and practical choices that involve and concern writers and filmmakers who rely on historical research. The desire to be accurate may often conflict with the need to produce a work that goes beyond the mere depiction of events in order to excite the interest of readers and to hold that interest. At the same time there is a developing emphasis on historians, to write well in clear, accessible prose, which may involve using the novelists’ techniques. How much license may be given to writers of fiction and filmmakers in their depiction of historical characters and events? This book begins to answer this question, while inviting further discussion.