Stones Speak - Hebrew Tombstones from Padua, 1529-1862

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-26533-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 43, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 753 g

Reihe: Studies in Jewish History and Culture

From Renaissance to Risorgimento, the Hebrew tombstones of Padua express the cultural currents of their age, in text and art. The inscriptions are mainly rhymed and metered poems, about life, love and faith, while the design and ornamentation of the actual stones reflect prevailing architectural and artistic tastes. Additionally, the inscriptions illuminate the society of Padua's Jews, and the social and cultural changes they underwent during the 330 years covered by this study. Thus these tombstones capture the flow of Italian Jewish culture from Renaissance to Baroque, and from the early modern to the modern era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Malkiel, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
I. Words
II. Stones
III. Lives
Afterword
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Malkiel, Ph.D. Harvard University (1988), is Professor of medieval Jewish history at Bar-Ilan University. He has written widely on the history of the Jews in medieval Franco-Germany and in early modern Italy, including A Separate Republic (1991), Reconstructing Ashkenaz (2009) and Poems in Marble (2013).