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082	0	4	_a296.0924
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aModena, Leone _eautore
245	1	4	_aThe Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century Venetian Rabbi : _bLeon Modena's Life of Judah / _cLeone Modena; ed. by Mark R. Cohen.
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2020]
264		4	_c©1989
300			_a1 online resource (336 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tList of Illustrations -- _tPreface -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tAbbreviations -- _tCurrency Equivalents -- _tIntroductory Essays -- _tThe Significance of Leon Modena's Autobiography for Early Modern Jewish and General European History -- _tLeon Modena: The Autobiography and the Man -- _tFame and Secrecy: Leon Modena's Life as an Early Modern Autobiography -- _tThe Life of Judah -- _tTranslation, with textual notes -- _tHistorical Notes -- _tHistorical Notes -- _tExcursus 1: The Venetian Ghetto in Historical Perspective -- _tExcursus 2: Who Wrote the Ambrosiana Manuscript of Hayyei yehudah? -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aLeon (Judah Aryeh) Modena was a major intellectual figure of the early modern Italian Jewish community--a complex and intriguing personality who was famous among contemporary European Christians as well as Jews. Modena (1571-1648) produced an autobiography that documents in poignant detail the turbulent life of his family in the Jewish ghetto of Venice. The text of this work is well known to Jewish scholars but has never before been translated from the original Hebrew, except in brief excerpts. This complete translation, based on Modena's autograph manuscript, makes available in English a wealth of historical material about Jewish family life of the period, religion in daily life, the plague of 1630-1631, crime and punishment, the influence of kabbalistic mysticism, and a host of other subjects. The translator, Mark R. Cohen, and four other distinguished scholars add commentary that places the work in historical and literary context. Modena describes his fascination with the astrology and alchemy that were important parts of the Jewish and general culture of the seventeenth century. He also portrays his struggle against poverty and against compulsive gambling, which, cleverly punning on a biblical verse, he called the "sin of Judah." In addition, the book contains accounts of Modena's sorrow over his three sons: the death of the eldest from the poisonous fumes of his own alchemical laboratory, the brutal murder of the youngest, and the exile of the remaining son. The introductory essay by Mark R. Cohen and Theodore K. Rabb highlights the significance of the work for early modern Jewish and general European history. Howard E. Adelman presents an up-to-date biographical sketch of the author and points the way toward a new assessment of his place in Jewish history. Natalie Z. Davis places Modena's work in the context of European autobiography, both Christian and Jewish, and especially explores the implications of the Jewish status as outsider for the privileged exploration of the self. A set of historical notes, compiled by Howard Adelman and Benjamin C. I. Ravid, elucidates the text.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)
650		7	_aHISTORY / Jewish. _2bisacsh
653			_aAbner of Burgos.
653			_aAbravanel, Isaac.
653			_aCohen, Gershon.
653			_aCoryat, Thomas.
653			_aDisus, Samuel.
653			_aFlorence.
653			_aFrances, Jacob.
653			_aGaffarel, Jacques.
653			_aGrafton, Anthony.
653			_aHaggadah.
653			_aKahana, Abraham.
653			_aMantua (city).
653			_aMontaigne, Michel de.
653			_aNavarro, Solomon.
653			_aPadua: Modena in.
653			_aPardo, Joseph.
653			_aSorzino, Giacomo.
653			_aTardiolo, Jehiel.
653			_aTeresa of Avila.
653			_aTzarfati, Moses.
653			_aUsque, Solomon.
653			_aValensi, Lucette.
653			_aVendramin, Giovanni.
653			_aalchemy.
653			_aastrology.
653			_abeheading.
653			_abribery.
653			_adowries.
700	1		_aAdelman, Howard E. _eautore
700	1		_aCohen, Mark R. _eautore _ecuratore
700	1		_aDavis, Natalie Zemon _eautore
700	1		_aModena, Leon _eautore
700	1		_aRabb, Theodore K. _eautore
700	1		_aRavid, Benjamin C. I. _eautore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780691213934?locatt=mode:legacy
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691213934
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691213934/original
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