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The Place of Paradise in Renaissance Jewish Thought

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ID5306402
AuthorsAndrew D Berns, Andrew Berns (corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume75
Issue3
Pages351-371
Publication date2014-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jhi.2014.0022
PMID25151814
OpenAlexW2056560835
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

Renaissance Jews thought that Paradise existed on earth, and could be found. To their minds its most conspicuous property was the fertility of its soil, quality of its climate, and salubriousness of its produce. That they approached Paradise in this manner demonstrates their preference for natural, as opposed to theological, explanations of Eden. One such Jew was Judah Saltaro, the author of an unstudied composition on terrestrial Paradise. This article introduces Saltaro, explores connections between trends in Renaissance thought-dietetics, natural philosophy, and writings about the New World-and explains how those trends altered Hebraic traditions of the late Renaissance

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Judaism · Literature · Natural (archaeology) · Paradise · The Renaissance · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0,33
Citation span2023 - 2023 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1

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