David Sclar
Biographic Data
| ID | 2783136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Sclar |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Sclar |
| SIGNATURE | SCLAR D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Messianic Messages
The study of Sabbatianism—the messianic movement centered around Sabbatai Tsevi (1626–76), which persisted in various guises for centuries—has been a driving force in Jewish Studies over the last century. Using previously unpublished sources, including printed paratexts long hiding in plain sight, this paper offers a new narrative for the emergence of Sabbatian belief and sheds light on Jewish messianism, the intricacies of Hebrew printing, and t…
Revisiting a Sabbatian Controversy
News that Moses @Hayim Luzzatto (ca. 1707-ca. 1746) was the recipient of heavenly revelations touched off a controversy that engulfed European rabbinic networks for several years. Led by Moses Hagiz, Jewish religious leaders far and wide condemned Luzzatto and his mystical messianic group as heretical. However, the Luzzatto controversy was far more complicated than merely a case of the rabbinic establishment suppressing a heretical thinker. Respo…
"Perfecting Community as "One Man
Scholars have generally depicted kabbalists within an air of exclusivity. During the second quarter of the eighteenth century, however, a handful of Jewish mystics in Padua, led by Moses HayimLuzzatto, opened their secret society to others interested but not adept in Kabbalah in an attempt to establish a "perfected community" and attain the long-awaited messianic redemption. This article explores the social factors and intentions that drove the g…
An Exercise in Civic Kabbalah
In 1720, Rabbi Isaiah Bassan established an eruv hatserot in Padua, enabling Jews to carry items in and out of the ghetto on the Sabbath without transgression. He based this on precedents instituted by his teachers, Benjamin Kohen Vitale in Reggio Emilia and Moses Zacut in Mantua. Ten years later, the kabbalist Moses Hayim Luzzatto lauded Bassan's accomplishment as a spiritual link to the talmudic sage Akiva. Using previously unpublished archival…
Adaptation and Acceptance
Although scholars have written extensively about Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto and his literary oeuvre, there has been virtually no work on his stay in Amsterdam (1735–43). The controversy over his supposed Sabbatianism, which engulfed much of the European rabbinate and led to his self-imposed exile from Padua, did not rage overtly in the Dutch Republic, and historians have generally regarded these years as nothing more than a quiet period for Luzzatto an…
History for Religious Purposes
This paper examines the pervasive religiosity of Tzemah David and of its subsequent reprinting. David Gans’s work of history was published at least ten times between the end of the sixteenth century and the middle of the nineteenth century, indicating its popularity and continued relevance among Eastern European Jews. The book took on varied and unexpected meaning, as printers amended the text to renew it for successive generations. Although some…
The Author's Hand and the Printer's Mind
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History for Religious Purposes
This paper examines the pervasive religiosity of Tzemah David and of its subsequent reprinting. David Gans’s work of history was published at least ten times between the end of the sixteenth century and the middle of the nineteenth century, indicating its popularity and continued relevance among Eastern European Jews. The book took on varied and unexpected meaning, as printers amended the text to renew it for successive generations. Although some…
The Author's Hand and the Printer's Mind
Adaptation and Acceptance
Although scholars have written extensively about Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto and his literary oeuvre, there has been virtually no work on his stay in Amsterdam (1735–43). The controversy over his supposed Sabbatianism, which engulfed much of the European rabbinate and led to his self-imposed exile from Padua, did not rage overtly in the Dutch Republic, and historians have generally regarded these years as nothing more than a quiet period for Luzzatto an…
An Exercise in Civic Kabbalah
In 1720, Rabbi Isaiah Bassan established an eruv hatserot in Padua, enabling Jews to carry items in and out of the ghetto on the Sabbath without transgression. He based this on precedents instituted by his teachers, Benjamin Kohen Vitale in Reggio Emilia and Moses Zacut in Mantua. Ten years later, the kabbalist Moses Hayim Luzzatto lauded Bassan's accomplishment as a spiritual link to the talmudic sage Akiva. Using previously unpublished archival…
"Perfecting Community as "One Man
Scholars have generally depicted kabbalists within an air of exclusivity. During the second quarter of the eighteenth century, however, a handful of Jewish mystics in Padua, led by Moses HayimLuzzatto, opened their secret society to others interested but not adept in Kabbalah in an attempt to establish a "perfected community" and attain the long-awaited messianic redemption. This article explores the social factors and intentions that drove the g…
Revisiting a Sabbatian Controversy
News that Moses @Hayim Luzzatto (ca. 1707-ca. 1746) was the recipient of heavenly revelations touched off a controversy that engulfed European rabbinic networks for several years. Led by Moses Hagiz, Jewish religious leaders far and wide condemned Luzzatto and his mystical messianic group as heretical. However, the Luzzatto controversy was far more complicated than merely a case of the rabbinic establishment suppressing a heretical thinker. Respo…
Messianic Messages
The study of Sabbatianism—the messianic movement centered around Sabbatai Tsevi (1626–76), which persisted in various guises for centuries—has been a driving force in Jewish Studies over the last century. Using previously unpublished sources, including printed paratexts long hiding in plain sight, this paper offers a new narrative for the emergence of Sabbatian belief and sheds light on Jewish messianism, the intricacies of Hebrew printing, and t…
Philosophy (6 works) · History (5 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (5 works) · Judaism (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Religious studies (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Classics (3 works)