Renaissance and Rebirth : Reincarnation in Early Modern Italian Kabbalah.

By: Ogren, BrianMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Jewish History and Culture, 24Publisher: Boston : BRILL, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (332 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047444817Subject(s): Cabala | Future life -- Judaism | Philosophy, Medieval | Reincarnation -- Judaism | Renaissance -- Italy | Soul -- Judaism | Transmigration -- JudaismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Renaissance and Rebirth : Reincarnation in Early Modern Italian KabbalahDDC classification: 296.3/3 LOC classification: BM635.7 -- .O37 2009ebOnline resources: Click to View
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CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One Metempsychosis, Philosophy and Kabbalah: The Debate in Candia -- Chapter Two The Extra-Debatal Literature of Candia and Questions of Identity -- Chapter Three Philosophical and Mystical Possibilities of Metempsychosis: Isaac Abarbanel -- Chapter Four Spanish and Italian Conceptions of Metempsychosis in Judah Hayyat -- Chapter Five Elia Hayyim ben Binyamin of Genazzano, Prisca Theologia, and the Two Ancient Paths to Metempsychosis -- Chapter Six Unity and Diversity in Gilgul: Yohanan Alemanno -- Chapter Seven Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and the Allegorical Veridicality of Transmigration -- Chapter Eight Marsilio Ficino, Circularity and Rebirth -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Through the theme of metempsychosis as discussed by scholars in Renaissance Italy, this book addresses the problematic question of the roles of Jews who lived in Italy in the development of Renaissance culture in its Jewish and its Christian dimensions.
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CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One Metempsychosis, Philosophy and Kabbalah: The Debate in Candia -- Chapter Two The Extra-Debatal Literature of Candia and Questions of Identity -- Chapter Three Philosophical and Mystical Possibilities of Metempsychosis: Isaac Abarbanel -- Chapter Four Spanish and Italian Conceptions of Metempsychosis in Judah Hayyat -- Chapter Five Elia Hayyim ben Binyamin of Genazzano, Prisca Theologia, and the Two Ancient Paths to Metempsychosis -- Chapter Six Unity and Diversity in Gilgul: Yohanan Alemanno -- Chapter Seven Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and the Allegorical Veridicality of Transmigration -- Chapter Eight Marsilio Ficino, Circularity and Rebirth -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.

Through the theme of metempsychosis as discussed by scholars in Renaissance Italy, this book addresses the problematic question of the roles of Jews who lived in Italy in the development of Renaissance culture in its Jewish and its Christian dimensions.

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