Dialogue or dispute? Two Jewish documents of the early seventeenth century in Italy (1).

From: Italica | Date: December 22, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

A few years ago, while researching the perception of the Jews in Italy as revealed by Italian Renaissance plays preserved at the ShakespeareFolger Library, (2) found a play entitled: "La / Maravigliosa / Rappresentazione / Spirituale / (3) Non meno utile, e vaga, che curiosa, / & sententiosa: / Nella quale si tratta della Miseria, Vita, & fine del Genere humano. / Con un Dialogo d'un Romito, & di un Hebreo. / Dell'Eccll. M. Giouanni Stochmar, / Medico Alemanno. Dedicata all'Illustrissimo, & / Eccellentis. Signor / Steffano Viaro. / In Venetia, MDC.X. / Appresso Francesco ...

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