How Long to Read Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy

How Long Does it Take to Read Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 41 minutes to read Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy by Robert Bonfil

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

With this heady exploration of time and space, rumors and silence, colors, tastes, and ideas, Robert Bonfil recreates the richness of Jewish life in Renaissance Italy. He also forces us to rethink conventional interpretations of the period, which feature terms like "assimilation" and "acculturation." Questioning the Italians' presumed capacity for tolerance and civility, he points out that Jews were frequently uprooted and persecuted, and where stable communities did grow up, it was because the hostility of the Christian population had somehow been overcome. After the ghetto was imposed in Venice, Rome, and other Italian cities, Jewish settlement became more concentrated. Bonfil claims that the ghetto experience did more to intensify Jewish self-perception in early modern Europe than the supposed acculturation of the Renaissance. He shows how, paradoxically, ghetto living opened and transformed Jewish culture, hastening secularization and modernization. Bonfil's detailed picture reveals in the Italian Jews a sensitivity and self-awareness that took into account every aspect of the larger society. His inside view of a culture flourishing under stress enables us to understand how identity is perceived through constant interplay—on whatever terms—with the Other.

How long is Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy?

Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy by Robert Bonfil is 335 pages long, and a total of 85,425 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 46 minutes to read Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy aloud.

What Reading Level is Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy?

Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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