| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages) |
| Series |
The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry |
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Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)
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| 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 |
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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) |
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Afterword: Don Isaac Abravanel in the Twentieth Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"An intellectual biography of Don Isaac ben Judah Abravanel, a 15th century Portuguese rabbi, scholar, Bible commentator, philosopher, and statesman"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 11, 2020) |
| Subject |
Abravanel, Isaac, 1437-1508.
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| SUBJECT |
Abravanel, Isaac, 1437-1508
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Abravanel, Isaac, 1437-1508 fast |
| Subject |
Rabbis -- Spain -- Biography
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Jewish philosophers -- Spain -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
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Jewish philosophers
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Rabbis
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Spain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kallenbach, Avi, translator.
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| LC no. |
2020031447 |
| ISBN |
9781684580248 |
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1684580242 |
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