Letters [Hebrew]

by Isaac Abravanel

Almost five hundred years after his death, Don Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508) remains a legendary figure of Sephardic history, and above all of the Expulsion of 1492. There are numerous "portraits" that have been painted of him by pre-modern and modern scholars. And still we hesitate and cannot discern which is the true one. This first critical edition of Abravanel's Portuguese and Hebrew letters opens a unique window on a complex cultural process...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Hebrew
• ISBN: 3110194929
• ISBN13: 9783110194920
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary