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Literary Discourse between the Eternal Validity of the Torah and Philosophical Doubt: The Polemical Writings of Abraham Gómez Silveira (1656-1740)

Den Boer, Harm. (2019) Literary Discourse between the Eternal Validity of the Torah and Philosophical Doubt: The Polemical Writings of Abraham Gómez Silveira (1656-1740). In: From Doubt to Unbelief: Forms of Scepticism in the Iberian World. Cambridge, pp. 237-250.

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the polemical work written by the Amsterdam Sephardic Jew Abraham Gomez Silveira (1656-1740 , extant in a series of seven manuscript  volumes written in Spanish. Initially conceived as a Jewish refutation of Isaac Jacquelot's Dissertations sur le Messie, Silveira argues with a large number of Christian theologians, relying both on a canon of contemporary Jewish apologists and on his own arguments. Although his ideas, rooted in fideistic rationalism, seem straightforward and repetitive, he nonetheless merits attention for three reasons: a) his progressive openness towards other religions and his plea for religious tolerance; b) his self-fashioning as a commonsensical Jewish bystander, even as a fool; and c) his uncontainable literary urge to alternate serious discourse with displays of humour and wit.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften > Fachbereich Iberoromanistik > Iberoromanische Literaturwissenschaft (den Boer)
UniBasel Contributors:Den Boer, Harm
Item Type:Book Section, refereed
Book Section Subtype:Further Contribution in a Book
Publisher:Legenda
ISBN:978-1-781888-67-4
e-ISBN:978-1-781888-69-8
Series Name:Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures
Issue Number:42
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Book item
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