by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Early Modern Period, Halakhah
Halakhah Although literacy rate among Jews was still very low, and only a few could read and write, the early modern period produced a number of influential rabbis and texts that shaped Judaism for centuries to come. One of the most notable creations of the...
by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Early Modern Period, Lurianic Kabbalah and Mysticism
Lurianic Kabbalah and Mysticism After the expulsion from Spain, many Sephardic Jews moved to the Ottoman empire where they were welcome as useful economic agents (see above). Some settled in the town of Safed, a commercial crossroads connecting Egypt,...
by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Early Modern Period
Rabbinic Culture and Learning The early modern period brought several new developments in traditional Jewish culture- a proliferation of commentaries and responsa literature, in part a result of printing; a brief interest in historical writing; and the...
by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Early Modern Period, Impact of Printing
Impact of Printing Printing The introduction of moveable type and the printing press to Europe in the mid-fifteenth century revolutionized the way knowledge was transmitted and had a profound, if not quite immediate, impact on both Jewish and Christian culture....
by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Early Modern Period, Introduction to Cultural Trends
Introduction to Cultural Trends Secondary Sources Adler, Israel, and Edwin Seroussi. “Musical Notations of Zemîrôt (Sabbath Table Songs) in an Eighteenth Century Manuscript at the Prague National Library.” Studies in Bibliography and Booklore 20...
by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Early Modern Period
Introduction to Jews in the Early Modern Period The early modern period (approximately 1450s-1750s) was a period of both transformation and continuity, characterized by the religious upheavals wrought by the Reformation, the invention and spread of printing,...
