Don Isaac Abravanel: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198

By Benzion Netanyahu

Book Overview

Don Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508) was a major historical figure during the waning of the Middle Ages. Statesman, diplomat, courtier, and financier, he was, at the same time, a scholar of encyclopedic learning, a philosopher, an exegete, a prolific author, a mystic, and an apocalyptist. In Abravanel, B. Netanyahu suggests, two long lines of tradition met and concluded: that of medieval Jewish statesmen and that of medieval Jewish philosophers. In what is both a biography and an exploration of Abravanel's thought and influence, Netanyahu describes how Abravanel illuminated the grave crisis and profound transformation experienced by the Jewish people after the Spanish expulsion. First published in 1953, Don Isaac Abravanel has been out of print for several years. This new edition includes revisions in the text, notes, and bibliography.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801434874
• ISBN13: 9780801434877
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher