The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 5
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The Early Modern Era, 1500-1750
Edited by Yosef Kaplan
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Format: HardcoverPrice: $175.00
The fifth volume of the Posen Library demonstrates through a rich array of texts and images the extraordinary diversity of Jewish life during the early modern period
“A rich and varied gateway into the primary source material of early modern Jewish history that is very strong on geographical diversity. A magnificent achievement.”—Adam Sutcliffe, King’s College London
The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 5, covering the early modern period (1500–1750), presents a variety of Jewish texts to demonstrate the diversity of Jewish culture and life. These texts originate from Eastern and Western Europe, the Americas, the Ottoman Empire, North Africa, Kurdistan, Persia, Yemen, India—in short, a worldwide diaspora. They embrace historical writing and religious scholarship, liturgical expression and economic records, ethics and personal devotion, correspondence and communal regulations, art and music, architecture and poetry. The simultaneous centrifugal and centripetal character of Jewish communities during this era illustrates the distinctiveness of the early modern period in Jewish history and informs developments in world history at large. Including texts written by women, a robust collection of images, and extensive material not previously accessible to English-language readers, this volume is rich, deep, and enlightening.
Yosef Kaplan is Bernard Cherrick Emeritus Professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of several books, including From Christianity to Judaism: The Story of Isaac Orobio de Castro and An Alternative Path to Modernity: The Western Sephardi Diaspora. He lives in Jerusalem, Israel. Deborah Dash Moore is Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History and professor of Judaic studies at the University of Michigan. She is editor in chief of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization.
Publication Date: March 21, 2023
172 color + 335 b/w illus.
