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This quantity is a reference publication on greater than 1000 Jewish writers, rabbis, physicians and laymen energetic in 18th-century Italy. every one writer has a biographical discover, via a listing of his published works and manuscripts, their position within the significant overseas judaica collections and a bibliography of the appropriate secondary resources. The booklet is illustrated with greater than 40 images of authors and contains wealthy analytical and thematic indexes. This paintings is meant to be a primary device for students drawn to the Jewish Italian Enlightenment. It permits us to handle, from a sociological and quantitative standpoint, questions equivalent to: what did Italian Jews write about?, for whom?, where?, and, within which language?
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