This book is the first to link the modern appreciation for democratic freedom directly to Jewish political thought in seventeenth-century Amsterdam. The modern appreciation for democratic values is of
"The contributions of these respected scholars representing the fields of religious studies, the natural and social sciences, and philosophy demonstrate that more than seventy years after his death, F
This is the first book to offer a translation into English—as well as a critical study—of a Spanish treatise written in about 1650 by Rabbi Saul Levi Morteira, whose most renowned congregant was Baruc
Scholars of Spanish and Jewish history and literature explore relations between Christians and Jews who converted to Christianity--many if not most under duress from authorities--in Spain during the M
