Benjamin Ravid
Biographic Data
| ID | 2073532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Ravid |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Ravid |
| SIGNATURE | RAVID B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brandeis University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Studies on the Jews of Venice, 1382–1797
The Jewish community of early modern Venice was perhaps the leading Jewish community of its time. It emerged as a response to the desire of the Venetian government to make credit readily available and, toward the end of the 16th century, it greatly expanded as Venice, faced with a serious decline in its international maritime trade, adopted a policy of attracting Iberian New Christian merchants. Yet Jews were still treated as the Other and subjec…
In Search of Lost Times and Places
Altl Ghettos were Jewish Quarters but not all Jewish Quarters were Ghettos
Jewish quarters have often been indiscriminately designated as 'ghettos' without any definition of what actually constitutes a 'ghetto'. I propose to establish a definition of the medieval and early modern ghetto as a compulsory segregated and enclosed Jewish quarter, on the basis of three decisive characteristics of the institution initially referred to by that name which came into being in Venice in 1516. Subsequently I demonstrate that most pr…
Reluctant Cosmopolitans
A Note on Orthography, Transliteration, and Special Usages List of Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction. The Dutch Jerusalem: The Distortions of History 1 'The True Book of Experience': Amsterdam's Toleration of the Jews The Law in Practice * Traditions of Toleration * A Distinctive Liberalism 2 Refuge and Opportunity: The Geography of a Jewish Migration The Genesis of a Diaspora * Geographical and Historical Origins * Gender and Prosperity …
Trading Nations
Benjamin Arbel. Trading Nations: Jews and Venetians in the Early Modern Eastern Mediterranean. (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, 14.) Leiden and New York: E.J. Brill, 1995. xi + 237 pp. $77.50. ISBN:90-04-10057-1. - Volume 51 Issue 2
The Jews in Umbria
A Valley of Vision
From Christianity to Judaism
A tale of three cities and their Raison d'etat
(1991). A tale of three cities and their Raison d'etat: Ancona, Venice, Livorno, and the competition for Jewish merchants in the sixteenth century. Mediterranean Historical Review: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 138-162
The Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century Venetian Rabbi
Leon (Judah Aryeh) Modena was a major intellectual figure of the early modern Italian Jewish community--a complex and intriguing personality who was famous among contemporary European Christians as well as Jews. Modena (1571-1648) produced an autobiography that documents in poignant detail the turbulent life of his family in the Jewish ghetto of Venice. The text of this work is well known to Jewish scholars but has never before been translated fr…
Contra Judaeos in Seventeenth-Century Italy
In 1638 a book entitled Discorso circa il stato de gl'hebrei et in particolar dimoranti nell'inclita città di Venetia (A Discourse on the State of the Jews, Particularly Those Dwelling in the Illustrious City of Venice) , written by the prominent Venetian Rabbi, Simone Luzzatto, was published. This Italian work, 184 quarto size pages in length, was addressed to the Venetian patriciate which constituted the governing body of the city. On the basis…
The Jewish Mercantile Settlement of Twelfth and Thirteenth Century Venice
It has hitherto been generally accepted that the Jews played an active part in the overseas commerce of Venice during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, that they were present in the city not only as transients but also as residents, and that they were even confined to a special area. However, a closer investigation reveals that this view constitutes a highly questionable reconstruction of the course of events, based simultaneously on the clea…
Heinrich Graetz
Journal Article Heinrich Graetz: The Structure of Jewish History and Other Essays. (Moreshet Series: Studies in Jewish History, Literature and Thought, III). Translated, edited and introduced by Ismar Schorsch. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1975. x+325 pages. $15.00, $4.95. L.C. No. 75-9609 Get access Benjamin Ravid Benjamin Ravid Brandeis University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jour…
Judaica
Journal Article JUDAICA Get access The Jews in the World of the Renaissance By MOSES A SHULVASS Translated by Elvin I KoseLeiden. E. J Brill and Chicago Spertus College of Judaica Press, 1973 xi+367 pages. $25 00 L C No. 72-97357 BENJAMIN RAVID BENJAMIN RAVID Brandeis University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, Issue 2, June 1976, Pages 370-b–372, ht…
The Legal Status of the Jewish Merchants of Venice, 1541–1638
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Altl Ghettos were Jewish Quarters but not all Jewish Quarters were Ghettos
Jewish quarters have often been indiscriminately designated as 'ghettos' without any definition of what actually constitutes a 'ghetto'. I propose to establish a definition of the medieval and early modern ghetto as a compulsory segregated and enclosed Jewish quarter, on the basis of three decisive characteristics of the institution initially referred to by that name which came into being in Venice in 1516. Subsequently I demonstrate that most pr…
A tale of three cities and their Raison d'etat
(1991). A tale of three cities and their Raison d'etat: Ancona, Venice, Livorno, and the competition for Jewish merchants in the sixteenth century. Mediterranean Historical Review: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 138-162
The Legal Status of the Jewish Merchants of Venice, 1541–1638
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Contra Judaeos in Seventeenth-Century Italy
In 1638 a book entitled Discorso circa il stato de gl'hebrei et in particolar dimoranti nell'inclita città di Venetia (A Discourse on the State of the Jews, Particularly Those Dwelling in the Illustrious City of Venice) , written by the prominent Venetian Rabbi, Simone Luzzatto, was published. This Italian work, 184 quarto size pages in length, was addressed to the Venetian patriciate which constituted the governing body of the city. On the basis…
The Legal Status of the Jewish Merchants of Venice, 1541–1638
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Judaica
Journal Article JUDAICA Get access The Jews in the World of the Renaissance By MOSES A SHULVASS Translated by Elvin I KoseLeiden. E. J Brill and Chicago Spertus College of Judaica Press, 1973 xi+367 pages. $25 00 L C No. 72-97357 BENJAMIN RAVID BENJAMIN RAVID Brandeis University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, Issue 2, June 1976, Pages 370-b–372, ht…
The Jewish Mercantile Settlement of Twelfth and Thirteenth Century Venice
It has hitherto been generally accepted that the Jews played an active part in the overseas commerce of Venice during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, that they were present in the city not only as transients but also as residents, and that they were even confined to a special area. However, a closer investigation reveals that this view constitutes a highly questionable reconstruction of the course of events, based simultaneously on the clea…
Heinrich Graetz
Journal Article Heinrich Graetz: The Structure of Jewish History and Other Essays. (Moreshet Series: Studies in Jewish History, Literature and Thought, III). Translated, edited and introduced by Ismar Schorsch. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1975. x+325 pages. $15.00, $4.95. L.C. No. 75-9609 Get access Benjamin Ravid Benjamin Ravid Brandeis University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jour…
Contra Judaeos in Seventeenth-Century Italy
In 1638 a book entitled Discorso circa il stato de gl'hebrei et in particolar dimoranti nell'inclita città di Venetia (A Discourse on the State of the Jews, Particularly Those Dwelling in the Illustrious City of Venice) , written by the prominent Venetian Rabbi, Simone Luzzatto, was published. This Italian work, 184 quarto size pages in length, was addressed to the Venetian patriciate which constituted the governing body of the city. On the basis…
The Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century Venetian Rabbi
Leon (Judah Aryeh) Modena was a major intellectual figure of the early modern Italian Jewish community--a complex and intriguing personality who was famous among contemporary European Christians as well as Jews. Modena (1571-1648) produced an autobiography that documents in poignant detail the turbulent life of his family in the Jewish ghetto of Venice. The text of this work is well known to Jewish scholars but has never before been translated fr…
A tale of three cities and their Raison d'etat
(1991). A tale of three cities and their Raison d'etat: Ancona, Venice, Livorno, and the competition for Jewish merchants in the sixteenth century. Mediterranean Historical Review: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 138-162
A Valley of Vision
From Christianity to Judaism
Trading Nations
Benjamin Arbel. Trading Nations: Jews and Venetians in the Early Modern Eastern Mediterranean. (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, 14.) Leiden and New York: E.J. Brill, 1995. xi + 237 pp. $77.50. ISBN:90-04-10057-1. - Volume 51 Issue 2
The Jews in Umbria
Reluctant Cosmopolitans
A Note on Orthography, Transliteration, and Special Usages List of Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction. The Dutch Jerusalem: The Distortions of History 1 'The True Book of Experience': Amsterdam's Toleration of the Jews The Law in Practice * Traditions of Toleration * A Distinctive Liberalism 2 Refuge and Opportunity: The Geography of a Jewish Migration The Genesis of a Diaspora * Geographical and Historical Origins * Gender and Prosperity …
Altl Ghettos were Jewish Quarters but not all Jewish Quarters were Ghettos
Jewish quarters have often been indiscriminately designated as 'ghettos' without any definition of what actually constitutes a 'ghetto'. I propose to establish a definition of the medieval and early modern ghetto as a compulsory segregated and enclosed Jewish quarter, on the basis of three decisive characteristics of the institution initially referred to by that name which came into being in Venice in 1516. Subsequently I demonstrate that most pr…
In Search of Lost Times and Places
Studies on the Jews of Venice, 1382–1797
The Jewish community of early modern Venice was perhaps the leading Jewish community of its time. It emerged as a response to the desire of the Venetian government to make credit readily available and, toward the end of the 16th century, it greatly expanded as Venice, faced with a serious decline in its international maritime trade, adopted a policy of attracting Iberian New Christian merchants. Yet Jews were still treated as the Other and subjec…
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