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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1. VerfasserIn: Einbinder, Susan L. 1954- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2023]
In:Jahr: 2023
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Jewish culture and contexts
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Oberitalien / Jüdische Gemeinde / Pest / Kollektives Gedächtnis / Geschichte 1630-1631
RelBib Classification:BH Judentum
KAH Kirchengeschichte 1648-1913; Neuzeit
KBJ Italien
weitere Schlagwörter: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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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1512822876