Isaac Abarbanel's Stance Toward Tradition: Defense, Dissent, and Dialogue

Explores the thought of Isaac Abarbanel, courtier-financier and important Jewish thinker at the turn of the sixteenth century, from the perspective of his negotiation with Jewish tradition.

Winner of the 2002 Nauchman Sokol-Mollie Halberstadt Prize in Biblical/Rabbinic Scholarship presented by the Canadian Jewish Book Awards

Finalist, 2002 Scholarship Morris J. and Betty Kaplun Award presented by the National Jewish Book Council

Financier and courtier to the kings of Portugal, Spain, and Ital...