In:
Studia Rosenthaliana: Journal of the History, Culture and Heritage of the Jews in the Netherlands, Amsterdam University Press, Vol. 46, No. 1 ( 2020-11-01), p. 29-49
Abstract:
Abstract Born in Amsterdam in the early seventeenth century, Moses Zacuto (Moshe Zacut) belongs among the most prolific Jewish figures of his time. He is best known for a wealth of creative work in a wide variety of fields: poetry and drama, halacha, as well as extensive Kabbalistic writings. Zacuto also had a special interest in magical manuscripts and the uses of divine names, which he collected into a lexicon known today as Shorshei HaShemot . Zacuto left Amsterdam while young and lived in Eastern Europe before moving to Italy. In this article, we demonstrate that Zacuto had already begun to construct this vast lexicographical project in Amsterdam, and that those beginnings are best understood against the background of the magical and Kabbalistic manuscripts available in early seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0039-3347
DOI:
10.5117/SR2020.1-2.002.BAUM
Language:
English
Publisher:
Amsterdam University Press
Publication Date:
2020
SSG:
0
SSG:
1
SSG:
7,7
SSG:
8
SSG:
6,23
