Writing plague: Jewish responses to the great Italian plague
"A wave of plague ravaged the cities of northern Italy in 1630-31, ravaging Christian and Jewish communities alike. In Writing Plague Susan L. Einbinder explores the Hebrew texts that lay witness to the event. These Jewish sources on the Great Italian Plague have never been treated together as...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Jewish culture and contexts
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Upper Italy
/ Jewish community
/ Plague
/ Collective memory
/ History 1630-1631
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBJ Italy |
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrew literature (Italy)
History and criticism
B Jews (Italy) History 17th century B Hebrew literature (Italy) History 17th century B Plague (Italy) History 17th century B Jewish literature (Italy) History 17th century B Plague in literature |
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| Summary: | "A wave of plague ravaged the cities of northern Italy in 1630-31, ravaging Christian and Jewish communities alike. In Writing Plague Susan L. Einbinder explores the Hebrew texts that lay witness to the event. These Jewish sources on the Great Italian Plague have never been treated together as a group, Einbinder observes, but they can contribute to a bigger picture of this major outbreak and how it affected people, institutions, and beliefs; how individuals and institutions responded; and how they did or did not try to remember and memorialize it"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1512822876 |