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LA SPAGNA NELLA SUA REALTA' STORICA.

8vo gr. pp. XXVIII-656, con 124 illustrazioni fotografiche su tavv. f. testo Tela editoriale, sovrac. illustrata, acetato trasp., fascetta editoriale Importante testo di storiografia spagnola. Prima edizione italiana

Negotiating the terms of mercy: Petitions and pardon cases in the Hamidian Era.

New English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 13,5 cm). In English. 136 p. This study focuses on the pardons of the Hamidian era by using the petitions which were written by the convicts, accused people or their relatives to the Sublime Porte. Beside the lives, prison conditions and accusations of the convicts, the pardon petitions constitute a useful source to see the nature of the relationship between state and the ordinary people. This study argues that although requesting a pardon seems to have been a kind of obedience to the authority, the relationship established on pardons was established through bargains and negotiations. The process of granting pardons was an interactive one in which the actors negotiated on the conditions according to the position of supplicant. Also, the petitions allow us to see the debated characteristics of the Hamidian era from the eyes of the ordinary people. This study claims that the pardon was a state policy and it was especially applied during the Armenian Events of the 1890s, the banditry problem and tribal conflicts. Moreover, to gain the loyalties of the outlaws, to use them as informers and collaborate with them in the critical areas of the Empire, pardons were a step in allowing the state to make alliances without losing its prestige. Through the discretionary power of forgiveness, the Sultan tried to restore the monarchical ideology, namely the merciful image of Sultanic rule, which was a distinctive element of monarchical power. While granting pardons, the Abdülhamid regime expected from the convict less loyalty or regret than certain services, and active collaboration on particular issues - a tension which constituted the dynamics of the pardon negotiations.

Sephardi Jewry: A History Of The Judeo-Spanish Community, 14th--20th Centuries (ISBN:0520218221)

8vo, br. ed., 377 pages, Until the publication of this remarkably comprehensive history of the Sephardi diaspora, only limited attention had been given to the distinctive Judeo-Spanish cultural entity that flourished in the Balkans and Asia Minor for more than four centuries. Yet the great majority of Sephardi Jews, after their expulsion from Spain in 1492 and subsequently from Portugal, found their way to this region, drawn by the political stability and relatively tolerant rule of the Ottoman Empire, as well as by promising socioeconomic conditions. Esther Benbassa and Aron Rodrigue show how Sephardi society and culture developed in the Levant, sharing language, religion, customs, and communal life as they did nowhere else, both during prosperous times and during the declining fortunes of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The impact of westernization, the end of Ottoman power, and the rise of fragmenting nation-states transformed this vital community in the modern era. And, like many other Jewish communities, the unique Judeo-Spanish culture was dispersed and destroyed by the Holocaust and the migrations of the twentieth century. Sephardi Jewry presents its vivid history in a readable, well-documented narrative

An American in Hitler's Berlin. Abraham Plotkin's Diary

University of Illinois Press, United States, 2008. Paperback. Condition: New. Language: English. Brand new Book. This is the first published edition of the diary of Abraham Plotkin, an American labor leader of immigrant Jewish origin who lived in Berlin between November 1932 and May 1933. A firsthand account of the Weimar Republic's final months and the early rise of Nazi power in Germany, Plotkin's diary focuses on the German working class, the labor movement, and the plight of German Jews. Plotkin investigated Berlin's social conditions with the help of German Social-Democratic leaders whose analyses of the situation he records alongside his own.Most accounts of Hitler's rise to power emphasize political institutions by focusing on the Nazi party's clashes with other political forces. In contrast, Plotkin is especially attentive to socioeconomic factors, providing an alternative view from the left that stems from his access to key German labor and socialist leaders. Chronologically, the diary reports on the moment when Hitler's seizure of power was not yet inevitable and when leaders on the left still believed in a different outcome of the crisis, but it also includes Plotkin's account of the complete destruction of German labor in May 1933.

Gli Ebrei Di Rembrandt

8vo, tela ed. sovrac. 284pp. Molte sono le opere di Rembrandt con oggetti tratti dalla Bibbia ebraica e numerosi sono i suoi ritratti di notabili ebrei. Ma quali furono i concreti legami tra Rembrandt e la comunità ebraica? Steven Nadler documenta i rapporti quotidiani, non sempre facili, tra il pittore e i suoi vicini di casa a Vlooienburg, nel cuore del mondo ebraico di Amsterdam. E ben presto, partendo dal lavoro del grande artista, il rinomato studioso di Spinoza estende il campo d'indagine, per descrivere alcune pagine centrali della vita dei sefarditi e degli ashkenaziti all'indomani del loro insediamento presso lo Zuiderzee: l'assimilazione da parte di una società cosmopolita di queste comunità di migranti, oggetto di interesse intellettuale e sospetto, curiosità e pregiudizio, e talvolta ammirazione. L'attento esame di dipinti, incisioni e di segni sfocia nell'analisi della vita culturale e sociale del Secolo d'oro olandese, e approfondisce le fondamentali questioni di carattere spirituale, teologico e politico dell'epoca. Un viaggio lungo i canali e sotto i cieli annuvolati dell'affollata Amsterdam, tra personalità fuori del comune, accese discussioni e splendidi capolavori artistici.

Storia postale dell' antisemitismo nazista - Postal history of the Nazi-anti-semitism

In 8° 192 pp. Prima edizione. Ampia e non comune documentazione, moltissime riproduz. a colori di lettere, buste, cartoline, francobolli, timbri, documenti, ecc. Con interess. notizie e commenti. Testo italiano e inglese, glossario e bibliografia. Bross.ed., cop.ill. Ottimo, come nuovo

I Samaritani. In Appendice Il Pentateuco Samaritano Di Gilles Firmin

8vo, br. ed. - 158 pagine

Year Book IX : 1964 ; Publications of the Leo Baeck Institute

8vo, Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; xxxii, 448p. : illus., plates, frontis., ports ; 24cm. contains: yiddish semantics and historiography, alex Bein, the jewish parasite, hans liebeschutz max weber's historical interpretation of judaism, hamburger jews in public service under german monarchy, Rosenbaum Ferdinand Lassalle, and many other essays.

Sharing Sacred Spaces in the Mediterranean: Christians, Muslims, and Jews at shrines and sanctuaries

8vo Dionigi Albera, Maria Couroucli, While devotional practices are usually viewed as mechanisms for reinforcing religious boundaries, in the multicultural, multi-confessional world of the Eastern Mediterranean, shared shrines sustain inter-communal and inter-religious contact among groups. Heterodox, marginal, and largely ignored by central authorities, these practices persist despite aggressive, homogenizing nationalist movements. This volume challenges much of the received wisdom concerning the three major monotheistic religions and the "clash of civilizations." Contributors examine intertwined religious traditions along the shores of the Near East from North Africa to the Balkans.

STORIA ECONOMICA E SOCIALE DEL VICINO ORIENTE NEL MEDIOEVO

8vo tela, sopracoperta, edit. pagg. XVI-366, ill. f/testo., 21 cm 12 BELLISSIME TAVOLE FUORI TESTO. 7 CARTINE E 3 GRAFICI NEL TESTO. TRACCE D'USO E LEGGERI STRAPPI ALLA sovracop. VECCHIO TIMBRO ALLA PRIMA CARTA BIANCA , macchie al dorso, altrimenti ottimo.

The Origins of the Seder: The Passover Rite and Early Rabbinic Judaism (ISBN:9780873340878)

8vo, Paperback, xix, 188 pages, illustrated, 24 cm. The Passover and its rite are central in the history of Judaism and Christianity. Explaining how the Passover evening celebration, the seder, became one of the most popular Jewish rituals, Baruch M. Bokser shows how it was based on and transformed a biblical sacrificial meal. Bokser demonstrates the significance of the motif of Passover in ancient Judaism, indicating why Jews and Christians employed it to express hopes for redemption. And he also illuminates the process of historical development through the interaction of a traditional heritage with contemporary and outside cultural influences. This is a fascinating book which will add much to our understanding of Judaism and Christianity and of the nature of religion in a changing world. Baruch Bokser was ordained as arabbi at Jewish Theological Seminary and also received a Ph. D. In religious studies from Brown University. Beginning in 1974, he taught at the University of California at Berkeley, leaving in 1982 for Dropsie College in Philadelphia (now the Annenberg Research Institute for Judaic and Near Eastern Studies) . Then in 1986, Bokser returned to the Jewish Theological Seminary to join the faculty and where, at his early death at age 44 in 1990, hewas the director ofthe program in ancient Judaism. "Packs facts, analysis and insight into its relatively short 141 pages of text and footnotes. The hypothesis and argument are clearly spelled [out] and and then supported by detailed references to various Talmud and Mishnah sections which are reproduced as necessary. Although.reprinted in 2002, it is current and consistent with more recent works. I read the book in the weeks leading up to 2009 Passover holidays and found much in Dr. Bokser's work to work into the actual Seder and ignite the interest of those present. In essence, Dr. Bokser makes a very persuasive case that the Passover Seder, as molded in the Hagaddah, was one of the key pillars for the survival of Judaism after the catastrophic destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C. E. Certainly, he establishes that the basics of the Seder as we know it today with its emphasis on freedom, community and symbolic ritual owes its genesis to the Tanna and the Amora of the centuries following the destruction" (Jerome Hoffman, Amazon review)

Roots of Hate: Anti-Semitism in Europe Before the Holocaust

8vo, br. ed. How did the levels of anti-Semitism in the 1930s compare to those of earlier decades? Did anti-Semitism vary in content and intensity across societies? In other words, were Germans more anti-Semitic than their European neighbors, and, if so, why? How does anti-Semitism differ from other forms of religious, racial, and ethnic prejudice? In this 2003 book, William I. Brustein offersa truly systematic comparative and empirical examination of anti-Semitism within Europe before the Holocaust. Brustein proposes that European anti-Semitism flowed from religious, racial, economic, and political roots, which became enflamed by economic distress, rising Jewish immigration, and socialist success. To support his arguments, Brustein draws upon a careful and extensive examination of the annual volumes of the American Jewish Year Books and more than 40 years of newspaper reportage from Europe s major dailies. The findings of this informative book offer a fresh perspective on the roots of society s longest hatred.

San Nicandro Histoire D'une Conversion

8vo, br. pp. 329, cartes, illustr. en français. la storia di una comunità pugliese convertitasi all'ebraismo. conversion to judaism of an italian village from Puglia.

Le roman juif américain: Une écriture Minoritaire

8vo, br. ed. 380pp.

Enclosure: Palestinian Landscapes in a Historical Mirror

8vo, br. ed. Enclosure marshals bold new and persuasive arguments about the ongoing dispossession of Palestinians. Revealing the Israel-Palestine landscape primarily as one of enclosure, geographer Gary Fields sheds fresh light on Israel s actions. He places those actions in historical context in a broad analysis of power and landscapes across the modern world. Examining the process of land-grabbing in early modern England, colonial North America, and contemporary Palestine, Enclosure shows how patterns of exclusion and privatization have emerged across time and geography. That the same moral, legal, and cartographic arguments were copied by enclosers of land in very different historical environments challenges Israel s current rationale as being uniquely beleaguered

L'antigiudaismo nella letteratura cristiana antica e Medioevale

In-8 (Cm 20 x 12), pp. 340, brossura editoriale illustrata. Collana Shalom, collana diretta da Paolo de Benedetti. Normali segni del tempo

Miti Ebraici

in-16°, pp. 391-(4) con 3 cartine n.t. e 11 tav. f.t.Leg. edit. con sovrac. ill. Dopo i "Miti Greci", ecco questo volume con cui l'autore confronta i miti che si trovano nella Genesi e quelli dell'area mediterranea. Imperdibile anche per la passione con cui è scritto

Eros e Qabbalah

8vp, br. ed. pp.370. l maschile, il femminile e le relazioni erotiche che ne derivano costituiscono, fin dall'epoca più remota, anche un modo di pensare le coppie di elementi opposti o complementari e i rapporti che intercorrono fra essi. In Occidente, alla tradizione di pensiero che da Empedocle e dal "Simposio" di Platone giunge sino ai testi ermetici si affianca quella ebraica, e più specificamente cabbalistica. Il racconto della creazione androgina del primo essere umano e della sua scissione in Adamo ed Eva e l'interpretazione del "Cantico dei Cantici" sono i fondamenti da cui si sviluppano speculazioni che estendono la sfera del pensiero erotico fino ad abbracciare la dimensione intradivina, creando una molteplicità di coppie sessuate che si rifrangono specularmente a tutti i livelli della realtà. In questo libro Moshe Idel, lo studioso che ha ripreso e sviluppato in nuove direzioni le indagini di Scholem, si addentra in quella che egli definisce la "cultura dell'eros" peculiare dell'ebraismo, dove il rapporto sessuale non solo assolve a un comandamento fondamentale, ma ha una valenza cosmica, poiché esercitando un'azione teurgica sulla sfera superna favorisce di riflesso l'unione di Dio con la sua consorte, la "Shekhinah", ovvero la sua presenza immanente, e fa così discendere sul mondo la benedizione dell'influsso divino. L'eros rappresenta dunque una via d'accesso privilegiata tanto alla conoscenza teosofica quanto all'esperienza mistica.

Storia Della Musica Ebraica

8vo grande, br. ed. pp.390.

Gerusalemme! Gerusalemme! La Feroce Lotta Fra Ebrei e Arabi Per Il Possesso Della Cittè Santa Raccontata Dagli Autori Di Parigi brucia?

8vo grande, ril. ed. tela in sovracoperta, pp. 636, 11 cartine nel testo.

Gerusalemme. Una città mondo

Leo Baeck Institute Year Book Xxx: From Weimar to Hitler: Demography and Sociology (Publications of the Leo Baeck Institute)

8vo, 628 pp. plates, hardcover, very good in a good dust jacket.

Il Grande Seduto

8vo. br. ed bandelle sopraccop.fig. cm.14x22, pp.206, Con una postilla sul Midrash di David Del Vecchio,

Gli ebrei in Libia. Usi e Costumi. Con un saggio di D. Meghnagi

8vo. 24 cm. br. editoriale; p. 213, fotografie e documenti . ristampa anastatica del celebre Sindacato Italiano Arti Grafiche Editore, 1920 , a cura del Ministero delle Colonie., documentato studio sulla situazione degli ebrei in Libia, preziosa fonte di conoscenza sulle loro condizioni nel paese africano: credenze religiose degli ebrei libici, superstizioni degli ebrei libici, il Sabato, festività ebraiche, Pasqua, Shabu'ot, digiuni, Hanukkà, Purim, liturgia, nascita e circoncisione, "fanciullezza dell'israelita libico", matrimonio, usi funebri. In appendice, prospetto delle feste ebraiche in Libia e indice alfabetico. fuori catalogo