Menasseh ben Israel : rabbi of Amsterdam / Steven Nadler.

• An illuminating biography of the great Amsterdam rabbi and celebrated popularizer of Judaism in the seventeenth century Menasseh ben Israel (1604-1657) was among the most accomplished and cosmopolitan rabbis of his time, and a pivotal intellectual figure in early modern Jewish history. He was one of the three rabbis of the "Portuguese Nation" in Amsterdam, a community that quickly earned renown worldwide for its mercantile and scholarly vitality. Born in Lisbon, Menasseh and his family were forcibly converted to Catholicism but suspected of insincerity in their new faith. To avoid the horrors of the Inquisition, they fled first to southwestern France, and then to Amsterdam, where they finally settled. Menasseh played an important role during the formative decades of one of the most vital Jewish communities of early modern Europe, and was influential through his extraordinary work as a printer and his efforts on behalf of the readmission of Jews to England. In this lively biography, Steven Nadler provides a fresh perspective on this seminal figure.?Review: "In this lucid and engaging biography, Menasseh ben Israel emerges as a force of nature, moving swiftly and easily between the Jewish and Gentile spheres in Amsterdam. In recreating Menasseh's life, Nadler has stitched together some of the leading figures of the century into a vivid tapestry."--Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World "Fluidly written, lively, and truly excellent from every point of view, this book portrays Menasseh's role in the development of Amsterdam Jewish life and learning and in the broad context of seventeenth-century Jewish-Christian intellectual relations."--Jonathan Israel, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 

Ämnesord

Judar  (sao)

Etniska relationer  (sao)

Boktryckare  (sao)

Rabbis  -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Biography. (LCSH)

Sephardim  -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Biography. (LCSH)

Sephardim  -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century. (LCSH)

Jews  -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century. (LCSH)

Judaism  -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century. (LCSH)

Jewish printers  -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Biography. (LCSH)

Printing  -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century. (LCSH)

Hebrew imprints  -- Publishing -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century. (LCSH)

Marranos  -- Portugal -- History -- 16th century. (LCSH)

Ethnic relations.  (fast)

Jewish printers.  (fast)

Jews.  (fast)

Judaism.  (fast)

Marranos.  (fast)

Printing.  (fast)

Rabbis.  (fast)

Sephardim.  (fast)

Hebrew imprints  -- Publishing. (fast)

Ethnic relations  (LCSH)

Printers  (LCSH)

Jews  (LCSH)

Nederländerna  (sao)

Nederländerna  -- Amsterdam (sao)

Amsterdam (Netherlands)  -- Biography. (LCSH)

Amsterdam (Netherlands)  -- Ethnic relations. (LCSH)

Portugal.  (fast)

Netherlands  -- Amsterdam. (fast)

1500-1699  (fast)

Genre

Biografier  (saogf)

Biography.  (fast)

History.  (fast)

Personnamn

Manasseh ben Israel, 1604-1657.

Manasseh ben Israel, 1604-1657

Namn/titel

Manasseh ben Israel, 1604-1657: Miḳṿeh Yiśraʼel. 

Titel

Miḳṿeh Yiśraʼel (Manasseh ben Israel)

Klassifikation

BM755.M35 (LCC)

296.092 (DDC)

Cmdb (kssb/8 (machine generated))