| Don Isaac Abravanel: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Netanyahu, B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801484855 ISBN-13: 9780801484858 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1998 Annotation: Don Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508) was a major historical figure during the waning of the Middle Ages. Statesman, diplomat, courtier, and financier, he was, at the same time, a scholar of encyclopedic learning, a philosopher, an exegete, a prolific author, a mystic, and an apocalyptist. In Abravanel, B. Netanyahu suggests, two long lines of tradition met and concluded: that of medieval Jewish statesmen and that of medieval Jewish philosophers. In what is both a biography arid an exploration of Abravanel's thought and influence, Netanyahu describes how Abravanel illuminated the grave crisis and profound transformation experienced by the Jewish people after the Spanish expulsion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97-50254 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.58" W x 8.22" (0.96 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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| Publisher Description: Don Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508) was a major historical figure during the waning of the Middle Ages. Statesman, diplomat, courtier, and financier, he was, at the same time, a scholar of encyclopedic learning, a philosopher, an exegete, a prolific author, a mystic, and an apocalyptist. In Abravanel, B. Netanyahu suggests, two long lines of tradition met and concluded: that of medieval Jewish statesmen and that of medieval Jewish philosophers. In what is both a biography and an exploration of Abravanel's thought and influence, Netanyahu describes how Abravanel illuminated the grave crisis and profound transformation experienced by the Jewish people after the Spanish expulsion. First published in 1953, Don Isaac Abravanel has been out of print for several years. This new edition includes revisions in the text, notes, and bibliography. |
Contributor Bio(s): Netanyahu, B.: - B. Netanyahu is Emeritus Professor of Judaic Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth Century Spain, of Don Isaac Abravanel: Statesman and Philosopher, and of Toward the Inquisition: Essays on Jewish and Converso History in Late Medieval Spain. |