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Contents Acknowledgments / vii Introduction / 1 Chapter 1. The Italian Setting / 11 Chapter 2. Educating an Italian Jewish Gentleman / 34 Chapter 3. Italian Exile in the Ottoman Empire / 55 Chapter 4. Communal Tensions /78 Chapter 5. Hakham Kolel: A Comprehensive Scholar / 105 Chapter 6. A Jewish Dogmatist / 139 Chapter 7. A Systematic Theologian / 184 Conclusion / 231 Notes / 239 Bibliography / 343 Index / 377 v ...

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