Early Modern Jewry boldly offers a new history of the early modern Jewish experience. From Krakow and Venice to Amsterdam and Smyrna, David Ruderman examines th

A compelling history of the early modern Jewish experience Early Modern Jewry boldly offers a new history of the early modern Jewish experience. From Krakow and

David B. Ruderman's groundbreaking studies of Jewish intellectuals as they engaged with Renaissance humanism, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment h

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