The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 7, The Early Modern World, 1500–1815

An authoritative and detailed overview of early modern Jewish history, with chapters written by leading international experts.

Jonathan Karp (Edited by), Adam Sutcliffe (Edited by)

9781108810548, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 November 2019

1152 pages, 5 b/w illus. 8 maps
15 x 23 x 6 cm, 1.67 kg

This seventh volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism provides an authoritative and detailed overview of early modern Jewish history, from 1500 to 1815. The essays, written by an international team of scholars, situate the Jewish experience in relation to the multiple political, intellectual and cultural currents of the period. They also explore and problematize the 'modernization' of world Jewry over this period from a global perspective, covering Jews in the Islamic world and in the Americas, as well as in Europe, with many chapters straddling the conventional lines of division between Sephardic, Ashkenazic, and Mizrahi history. The most up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative work in this field currently available, this volume will serve as an essential reference tool and ideal point of entry for advanced students and scholars of early modern Jewish history.

Introduction Jonathan Karp and Adam Sutcliffe
Part I. European and Mediterranean Jewry 1500–1650: 1. The Catholic Church and the Jews Kenneth Stow
2. Judaism and Protestantism R. Po-chia Hsia
3. The rise of Ottoman Jewry Joseph R. Hacker
4. The shifting legal and political status of early modern Jewries Andreas Gotzmann
5. Jews and the early modern economy Francesca Trivellato
6. The early modern Jewish community and its institutions Elisheva Carlebach
Part II. Themes and Trends in Early Modern Jewish Life: 7. Iberia and beyond: Judeoconversos and the Iberian inquisitions David Graizbord
8. The establishment of East European Jewry Israel Bartal
9. Linguistic transformations: Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Matthias B. Lehmann
10. Continuity and change in early modern Yiddish language and literature Jean Baumgarten
11. Jewish book culture since the invention of printing (1469–c.1815) Emile G. L. Schrijver
12. The Christian study of Judaism in early modern Europe Theodore Dunkelgrun
13. Rabbinic culture and the development of Halakhah Jay R. Berkovitz
14. Discipline, dissent, and communal authority in the Western Sephardic Diaspora Yosef Kaplan
15. Education and Homiletics Marc Saperstein
16. Dimensions of Kabbalah from the Spanish expulsion to the dawn of Hasidism Lawrence Fine
17. Magic, mysticism, and popular belief in Jewish culture (1500–1815) J. H. Chajes
18. Sabbatai Sevi and the Sabbatean movement Matt Goldish
19. Science, medicine and Jewish philosophy Adam Shear
20. Port Jews revisited: commerce and culture in the age of European expansion Lois C. Dubin
21. Jews in the Polish-Lithuanian economy (1453–1795) Adam Teller
22. Jewish piety and devotion in early modern Eastern Europe Glenn Dynner
23. The rise of Hasidism Moshe Rosman
24. Enlightenment and Haskalah Edward Breuer
25. Women, water, and wine: the paradoxical piety of early modern Jewry Elliott Horowitz
26. Jews, Judaism, and the visual arts Marc Michael Epstein
27. Musical dilemmas of early modern Jews Edwin Seroussi
Part III. The Jewish World, 1650–1815: 28. Judaism in Germany (1650–1815) Deborah Hertz
29. The making of Habsburg Jewry in the long eighteenth century Michael K. Silber
30. The Jews of Poland-Lithuania (1650–1815) François Guesnet
31. The Jews of the Ottoman Empire 1580–1839 Joseph R. Hacker
32. The Jews of Italy (1650–1815) Francesca Bregoli
33. Locals: the Jews in the early modern Dutch Republic Bart T. Wallet and Irene Zwiep
34. The Jews of France (c.1650–c.1815) Jay R. Berkovitz
35. The Jews of Great Britain (1650–1815) Todd M. Endelman
36. The Jews in the early modern Caribbean and the Atlantic world Wim Klooster
37. The Jews in early North America: agents of empire, champions of liberty Bill Pencak
38. The Jews of Africa and Asia (1500–1815) Tudor Parfitt
39. The Jews of Iran in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Vera B. Moreen
40. Toleration, integration, regeneration, and reform: rethinking the roots and routes of 'Jewish emancipation' Adam Sutcliffe
41. Looking backward and forward: rethinking Jewish modernity in the light of early modernity David B. Ruderman
Index.

Subject Areas: Jewish studies [JFSR1], Judaism [HRJ], Christianity [HRC], History of religion [HRAX], Religion & beliefs [HR], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], Middle Eastern history [HBJF1], History [HB]