Essential Papers on Jewish Culture in Renaissance and Baroque Italy - Essential Papers on Jewish Studies

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher Marketing: Seeking to move away from the stereotypical views of the Italian Jew in the early modern period as Shylockian usurer or mysterious astrologer, these papers address such topics as Italian Jewish preaching, the Kabbalah, Jewish historiography, messianic expectations, and Jewish ghetto culture.

Contributor Bio:  Silverman, Kaja Kaja Silverman is Professor of Rhetoric and Film at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of several books, including "The Threshold of the Visible World", "Male Subjectivity at the Margins", and "The Subject of Semiotics". Contributor Bio:  Farocki, Harun Director and film essayist Harun Farocki has made over 70 films, including "Videograms of a Revolution" and "Images of the World and the Inscription of War". Contributor Bio:  Ruderman, David B Rabbi David B. Ruderman, PhD, is the Joseph Meyerhoff Professor of ModernJewish History and Ella Darivoff Director of the Center for Advanced JudaicStudies at the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught at the University ofMaryland (1974 1983) and Yale University (1983 1994). He is the author ofmany books and articles, and recently won the Koret Award for the best book inJewish History in 2001, Jewish Enlightenment in an English Key. He is the immediatepast president of the American Academy for Jewish Research. In 2001, theNational Foundation for Jewish Culture honored him with its lifetime achievementaward for his work in Jewish history.