Jacob Ṣemaḥ, Humanist
Jacob Ṣemaḥ (ca. 1578–1667), an erudite physician-kabbalist, was raised amongst the conversos of Viana de Caminha in northwest Portugal. He fled the country in his mid-thirties to live openly as a Jew, arriving first in Salonica. Ṣemaḥ was responsible for the consolidation of the Lurianic literary c...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Brill
2022
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European journal of jewish studies
Ano: 2022, Volume: 16, Número: 1, Páginas: 93-116 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Tsemaḥ, Yaʿaḳov ben Ḥayim ca. -nach 1665
/ Portugal
/ Educação
/ Cabala
/ Transmissão de saber
/ Humanista
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AF Geografia da religião AG Vida religiosa BH Judaísmo KAH Idade Moderna KBH Península ibérica |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Jacob Ṣemaḥ
B Lurianic Kabbalah B converso B Humanism |
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| Resumo: | Jacob Ṣemaḥ (ca. 1578–1667), an erudite physician-kabbalist, was raised amongst the conversos of Viana de Caminha in northwest Portugal. He fled the country in his mid-thirties to live openly as a Jew, arriving first in Salonica. Ṣemaḥ was responsible for the consolidation of the Lurianic literary corpus in the second third of the seventeenth century. His contribution, I argue, should be situated in the broader context of a scholarly curriculum vitae that began decades before his flight from Portugal, as Ṣemaḥ embraced Jewish life as a humanist. Coupled with his natural gifts and genius, Ṣemaḥ’s humanist education served him remarkably well in his new life. The interesting question is therefore not “how might he have learned Torah in Portugal” but “how did his Portuguese educational background affect—indeed, effect may be the more apt term—his Jewish scholarship?” |
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| ISSN: | 1872-471X |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: European journal of jewish studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-bja10032 |