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Isaac Aboab Da Fonseca: Jewish Leadership in the New World
Moises Orfali
Isaac Aboab Da Fonseca: Jewish Leadership in the New World
Isaac Aboab Da Fonseca: Jewish Leadership in the New World
Moises Orfali
Descripción
From 1642 to 1654 Isaac Aboab da Fonseca was the hakham (Torah scholar) and spiritual leader of the oldest Jewish community in the New World. As a Hebrew grammarian, a poet, and a mystic, as well as an excellent and very popular preacher, Aboab da Fonseca (born 1605) was not only one of the most interesting Jewish personalities of the seventeenth century, but his writings are an invaluable historical resource with regard to many aspects of Jewish life in Dutch Colonial Brazil, the local attitudes towards Jews, and corroboration of events outlined in contemporary literary sources. His forebears were so-called New Christians, having undergone compulsory conversion to Catholicism in Portugal. In order to be able to live freely as professing Jews, the family moved in about 1612 to Amsterdam. There, Hakham Isaac Uziel of Fez became his Talmud teacher; among his colleagues was Menasseh Ben Israel. In 1638 he was confirmed as one of the four hakhamim of the new congregation Talmud Torah of Amsterdam. In 16
Detalles
| Formato | Tapa dura |
| Número de Páginas | 224 |
| Lenguaje | Inglés |
| Editorial | Liverpool University Press |
| Fecha de Publicación | 2021-04-01 |
| Dimensiones | 9.1" x 6.0" x 0.7" pulgadas |
| Letra Grande | No |
| Con Ilustraciones | No |
| Temas | Estudios Judíos, Estudios Judíos, Judío, Judío, Judío, Judío, América Latina, América Latina |
Acerca del Autor
Moises Orfali is professor of Jewish History and former Dean of the Faculty of Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University (Israel), where he holds the Rabbi Hayim Lau Chair for The Study of Leadership in Times of Crisis. He has authored various books and articles on historical and cultural aspects of Jews and Conversos in the Iberian Peninsula and the Sephardi Diaspora.
Garantía & Otros
| Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
| Peso: | 0.454 kg |
| SKU: | 9781845193546 |
| Publicado en Unimart.com: | 06/08/24 |
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