The Italia Judaica Jubilee Conference

This Volume Contains The Proceedings Of The Italia Judaica Jubilee Conference, Held At Tel Aviv University 3-5 January, 2010, On The Occasion Of The Jubilee Celebration Of Outstanding Scholarship On The History Of Italian Jewry. List Of Contributors; List Of Illustrations; Opening Remarks; The Escape From Vasto, Complaints Of A 15th-century Rabbi; Fortune And Providence: A Paradigm In Isaac Abravanel's Encounter With Renaissance Culture; Jews And The Grain, Oil And Wine Trades In 15th- And 16th-century Apulia; Jewish Book Collection And Patronage In Renaissance Italy; Joseph Ha-cohen And His Negative Attitude Toward R. Meir Katzenellenbogen (maharam Padova); Re-creating Creation In The Early Italian Yozer: Between Tradition And Innovation; The Type Of Community Minute Books-some Preliminary Conclusions. Again On The Mobility Of Italian Jews Between The Middle Ages And The Renaissancetowards Jewish Emancipation In The Grand-duchy Of Tuscany: The Case Of Pitigliano Through The Emblematic Figure Of David Consiglio; The Material Context Of 15th-century Hebrew Florentine Manuscripts: A Source Of Information On Production, Ownership And Control Of Hebrew Books In Their Christian Environment; Italy, The Breadbasket Of Hebrew Manuscripts; Rhymes To Sing And Rhymes To Hang Up: Some Remarks On A Lampoon In Yiddish By Elye Bokher (venice 1514). A Matter Of Quotation: Dante And The Literary Identity Of Jews In Italyfrom Sicily To Rome: The Cultural Route Of Michele Zumat, Physician And Rabbi In The 16th Century; The Angevins Of Naples And The Jews; International Trade And Italian Jews At The Turn Of The Middle Ages; The Conservation Of History: The Archives Of The Jewish Communities In The Veneto; The Jewish Presence In Sicily As Reflected In Medieval Sicilian Historiography; Index Of Names; Index Of Geographical Terms. Edited By Shlomo Simonsohn, Joseph Shatzmiller.