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A Valley of Vision: The Heavenly Journey of Abraham Ben Hananiah Yagel Hardcover - 1990

by David B. Ruderman (Editor); David B. Ruderman (Translator)


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Abraham ben Hananiah Yagel 1553-c.1624) composed his Hebrew work Gei Hizzayon (A Valley of Vision) in Italy at the end of the sixteenth century. This striking text, so different from the other writings of the prolific physician, natural philosopher, and kabbalist, is first an autobiographical account of the vicissitudes of the author's years as a Jewish loan �banker. It is also a description of a heavenly journey he is taken on by the soul of his recently deceased father, who visits his son while he is imprisoned in Mantua for debt. Finally, it is a series of theological and moral discussions based on the insights of Judaism, particularly the kabbalah as understood by Yagel and his Italian contemporaries. A Valley of Vision is unique in Hebrew literature in its integration of traditional Jewish materials with contemporary literary and iconographic innovations. It is also a fascinating window into the social and cultural world of Italian Jewry at the end of the sixteenth century and its effect on the entire late Renaissance period. David B. Ruderman's is the first translation of this important work into any Western language. The book will be of great interest to both the specialist and the general reader of Jewish and late Renaissance history, thought, and literature.

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  • Title A Valley of Vision: The Heavenly Journey of Abraham Ben Hananiah Yagel
  • Author David B. Ruderman (Editor); David B. Ruderman (Translator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary, Philadelphia
  • Date 1990-03-29
  • ISBN 9780812281682 / 0812281683
  • Weight 1.56 lbs (0.71 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.88 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 2.24 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Judaism - Fiction, Judaism - Works to 1900
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89040400
  • Dewey Decimal Code 892.432

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David B. Ruderman is Joseph Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Pennsylvania. Among his books are Jewish Enlightenment in an English Key and Jewish Discovery and Scientific Thought in Early Modern Europe.
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