The Implications of the “Ghetto Synagogues” Concept in the Charter Texts of the Venetian Jewish Community in the Late 16th and Early 17th Centuries

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Keywords: Venice; Jewish community; record books; congregations; sixteenth century; seventeenth century; Levantine Jews; Italian Jews

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Zarubina E.D. The Implications of the “Ghetto Synagogues” Concept in the Charter Texts of the Venetian Jewish Community in the Late 16th and Early 17th Centuries. // Lomonosov Oriental Studies Journal. 2019. N 3, p.32–41

Zarubina E.D. (Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

The article examines collective terms in the records of the early modern Venetian Jewish community, especially “ghetto synagogues”, and shows how culturally distinct congregations understood themselves within a shared communal space.