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The Documentary Hypothesis and the Composition of the Pentateuch
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The tour of inspection on which I invited you to accompany me during this course has come to an end. We must now retrace our steps and review the results achieved by our tour…

Contributor:

Umberto Cassuto

Places:

Rome, Kingdom of Italy (Rome, Italy)

Date:

1934

Subjects:

Theology, Writing, Scribes, Scholarship

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Speeches, Biblical Commentary
Family Sayings
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After the war the world seemed vast, unknowable and boundless. However, my mother went back to living in the world as best she could, happily, for she had a happy nature. Her spirit could never grow…

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Natalia Ginzburg

Places:

Turin, Italy

Date:

1963

Subjects:

Writing, Language and linguistics, Scholarship, War, Aesthetics

Categories:

Literature, Science & Philosophy, Psychology
L’educatore Israelita: A Newspaper of Readings for Jewish Families. Compiled by the Teachers Giuseppe Levi and Esdra Pontremoli
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We have already offered a glimpse, in our program, into the nature of this publication. Yet the desire to open our heart, especially to those benevolent people who have looked favorably upon…

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Giuseppe Levi and Esdra Pontremoli

Places:

Vercelli, Kingdom of Sardinia (Vercelli, Italy)

Date:

1853

Subjects:

Writing, Scholarship, Nationalism, Enlightenment, Community

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
Degeneration
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To Professor Cesare Lombroso in Turin. Most esteemed and dear teacher! I dedicate this book to you, in order to express aloud that I would not have been able to write this…

Contributor:

Max Nordau

Places:

Kingdom of Italy (Italy, Italy)

Date:

1896

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Education, Scholarship, Writing, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy