Writing Plague: Jewish Responses to the Great Italian Plague

by Susan L. Einbinder

Book Overview

A wave of plague swept the cities of northern Italy in 1630-31, ravaging Christian and Jewish communities alike. In Writing Plague Susan L. Einbinder explores the Hebrew texts that lay witness to the event. These Jewish sources on the Great Italian Plague have never been treated together as a group, Einbinder observes, but they can contribute to a bigger picture of this major outbreak and how it affected people, institutions, and beliefs;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512822876
• ISBN13: 9781512822878
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.1" x 6.1"