The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 5: The Early Modern Era, 1500-1750 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300135510)

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.

Author: Yosef Kaplan
ISBN-10: 0300135513
ISBN-13: 9780300135510
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2023
Pages: 1392
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 6.05lbs
Size: 10.47h x 8.11w x 2.52d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2023