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ISBN: 9788867411030
Category : History
Languages : it
Pages : 283

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Author: Eugenio Manni
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 562

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ISBN: 9788833390130
Category : Reference
Languages : un
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ISBN: 9788833393421
Category : History
Languages : un
Pages : 152

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ISBN: 9788833396446
Category : History
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ISBN: 9788867413546
Category : History
Languages : it
Pages : 120

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Author: Simone Luzzatto
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110528231
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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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.

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ISBN: 9788867416264
Category : History
Languages : it
Pages : 139

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ISBN: 9788867415014
Category : History
Languages : it
Pages : 206

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Author: Maria Cristina Biella
Publisher: Tangram Ediz. Scientifiche
ISBN: 8864580697
Category : History
Languages : it
Pages : 525

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"L'Italia centrale tirrenica nel VII sec. a.C. è ormai da tempo pienamente inserita in un ricco circuito di scambi e commerci a livello mediterraneo. In questo complesso quadro di scambi e contatti, che hanno portato a una radicale trasformazione in ampi settori dell'Italia preromana, uno degli aspetti forse più evidenti e facilmente percepibili è l'evoluzione nelle produzioni artigianali etrusche e italiche di un interessante e variegato bestiario fantastico, che in buona parte affonda le sue radici in ambito lato sensu orientale e greco, ma la cui sopravvivenza nel corso del VII secolo a.C. e oltre, è in un certo senso garantita dalle differenti riletture locali, che spesso rielaborano liberamente i modelli allotri dando vita a figurazioni parzialmente o del tutto nuove.Il volume Il bestiario fantastico di età orientalizzante nella Penisola Italiana, che inaugura i Quaderni della serie Aristonothos, Scritti per il Mediterraneo Antico, ha lo scopo di creare un dossier di partenza, con il fine di attirare attenzione sul fenomeno e suscitare un dibattito, coinvolgendo studiosi che da diversi punti di vista (archeologico, storico artistico, antropologico, ecc.) e a diversi gradi di approfondimento, hanno incontrato nella propria ricerca questo aspetto della cultura figurativa."--Page 4 de la couverture