%0 Book
%T Prophet of renewal: David Levi, a Jewish freemason and Saint-Simonian in nineteenth-century Italy
%A Grazi, Alessandro
%A Levi, David
%S Studies in Jewish history and culture volume 73
%D 2022
%I Brill
%C Leiden
%@ 9789004518995
%G English
%F 182067164X
%O by Alessandro Grazi
%O Includes bibliographical references and index
%X "In this volume, Alessandro Grazi offers the first intellectual biography of the Italian Jewish writer and politician David Levi (1816-1898). In this intriguing journey through the mysterious rites of Freemasonry and the bizarre worldviews of Saint-Simonianism, you can discover Levi's innovative interpretation of Judaism and its role in modernity. As a champion of dialogue with Catholic intellectuals, Levi's importance transcends the Jewish world. The second part of the book presents an unpublished document, Levi's comedy "Il Mistero delle Tre Melarancie", a phantasmagorical adventure in search of his Jewish identity, with an English translation of its most relevant excerpt"--
%L 858/.809
%K Authors, Italian
%K Politicians
%K Italy
%K Freemasonry
%K Saint-Simonianism
%9 Text
%R 10.1163/9789004518995
%U https://brill.com/view/title/60718
%U https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9789004518988.pdf
%U https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004518995