TY - BOOK ID - 8358729 TI - Preachers of the Italian ghetto PY - 1992 SN - 0520077350 0520912292 0585115494 9780520912298 9780585115498 9780520077355 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Jewish preaching KW - Judaism KW - Jewish sermons KW - Rabbis KW - Religion KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - History KW - History and criticism. KW - History and criticism KW - Biography KW - Moscato, Judah ben Joseph, KW - Sermons, Jewish KW - Jews KW - Preaching, Jewish KW - Jewish rabbis KW - Moscato, Judah Aryeh, KW - Mosḳaṭo, Yehudah ben Yosef, KW - מוסקאט״ו, יהודה KW - מוסקאטו, יהודה, KW - מוסקאטו, יהודה בן יוסף, KW - מוסק״אטו, יהודה בן יוסף KW - Jewish religious literature KW - Sermons KW - Religions KW - Semites KW - Preaching KW - Clergy KW - Jewish scholars KW - Functionaries UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8358729 AB - By the mid-sixteenth century, Jews in the cities of Italy were being crowded into compulsory ghettos as a result of the oppressive policies of Pope Paul IV and his successors.The sermons of Jewish preachers during this period provide a remarkable vantage point from which to view the early modern Jewish social and cultural landscape. In this eloquent collection, six leading scholars of Italian Jewish history reveal the important role of these preachers: men who served as a bridge between the ghetto and the Christian world outside, between old and new conventions, and between elite and popular modes of thought. The story of how they reflected and shaped the culture of their listeners, who felt the pressure of cramped urban life as well as of political, economic, and religious persecution, is finally beginning to be told. Through the words of the Italian ghetto preachers, we discover a richly textured panorama of Jewish life more than 400 years ago. ER -