Renaissance in the graveyard: the hebrew tombstones of Padua and ashkenazic acculturation in sixteenth-century Italy

The acculturation Ashkenazic Jews in Italy is the focus of the present discussion. By 1500 Jews had been living in Padua for centuries, but their cemeteries were destroyed in the 1509. Four cemeteries remained with over 1200 inscriptions between 1530–1860. The literary features of the inscriptions i...

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Main Author: Malkiʾel, Daṿid (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2013]
In: AJS review
Year: 2013, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 333-370
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jews / Padua / Cemetery / Gravestone / Renaissance
B Judaism / Architecture / Art
B Poetry / Epitaph / Rabbi / Synagogue
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
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