TY - BOOK ID - 135125512 TI - Prophet of Renewal PY - 2022 SN - 9789004518995 9789004518988 PB - Leiden ;Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Authors, Italian KW - Freemasonry. KW - Politicians KW - Saint-Simonianism. KW - Levi, David, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135125512 AB - This is an intellectual biography of the Italian Jewish writer and politician David Levi (1816-1898). Freemasonry, Saint-Simonianism, and the Enlightenment are his vessels for a new, secular, interpretation of Jewish identity and for innovative views on Judaism’s relation with modernity. In this volume, Alessandro Grazi offers the first intellectual biography of the Italian Jewish writer and politician David Levi (1816-1898). In this intriguing journey through the mysterious rites of Freemasonry and the bizarre worldviews of Saint-Simonianism, you can discover Levi’s innovative interpretation of Judaism and its role in modernity. As a champion of dialogue with Catholic intellectuals, Levi’s importance transcends the Jewish world. The second part of the book presents an unpublished document, Levi’s comedy “Il Mistero delle Tre Melarancie”, a phantasmagorical adventure in search of his Jewish identity, with an English translation of its most relevant excerpt. ER -