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Shlomo Simonsohn

Professor Emeritus of Jewish History, Tel-Aviv University

Diaspora Research Institute, Department of Jewish History

Tel Aviv University, 69978 Ramat-Aviv, ISRAEL

 

e-mail: sshlomo@post.tau.ac.il

 

INTERESSI DI RICERCA

Storia ebraica medievale.

 

PUBLICATIONS (H) = Hebrew

A. BOOKS:

1. Leone da Modena, London 1953, pp. 775.

2. Responsa Ziqne Yehuda, Jerusalem 1957, pp. 62+208 (H).

3. Clipeus et Gladius, Leonis Mutinensis Tractatus Antichristianus, Jerusalem 1960, pp. XI + 79 (H).

4-5. History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua, 2 vols., Jerusalem 1962-4, pp. X + 687 (H) - do - English translation, 1977, pp. XVII + 902.

6-8. M. Benayahu, A. Shmulevitz,  S. Simonsohn, "Seder Eliahu Zuta", 3 vols., Vol. I, Tel-Aviv 1. 1975, pp. 409; Vol. II, 1977, pp. 327; Vol III, 1983, pp. 110 (H).

9-12 A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy, The Jews in the Duchy of Milan, 4 vols., Israel. National Academy of Sciences, Jerusalem, Vol. I (1387-1477), 1982, pp. LXIX + 678; Vol. 2, (1477-1566), 1982, pp. 679-1448; Vol. 3, (1566-1788), 1982, pp. 1449-2201; Vol. 4, 1986, pp. 2202-3153.

13. The Apostolic See and the Jews, Documents: 492-1404, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto 1988, pp. XV + 550.

14. The Apostolic See and the Jews, Documents: 1394-1464, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto 1989, pp. VI + 551-1132.

15. The Apostolic See and the Jews, Documents: 1465-1521, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto 1990, pp. VI + 1133-1624.

16. The Apostolic See and the Jews, Documents: 1522-1538, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto 1990, pp. VI + 1625-2116.

17. The Apostolic See and the Jews, Documents: 1539-1545, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto 1990, pp. VI + 2117-2512.

18. The Apostolic See and the Jews, Documents: 1546-1555, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto 1991, pp. VI + 2513-2948.

19. The Apostolic See and the Jews, History, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto 1991, pp. X + 469, maps.

20. The Apostolic See and the Jews, Addenda, Corrigenda, Bibliography, Indexes, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto 1991, pp. VI + 176. (Hebr. Transl.) The Holy See and the Jews, Tel Aviv 1994, pp. 579, maps (H).

21. The Jews in Sicily vol. 1, A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 13, Leiden-Boston 1997, pp. LXXXII + 598.

22. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 2, A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 16, Leiden-Boston 2000, pp. XIV + 599-1251.

23. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 3, A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 17, Leiden-Boston 2001, pp. XII + 1253-1812.

24. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 4, A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 18, Leiden-Boston 2002, pp. XII + 1813-2461.

25. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 5, A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 19, Leiden-Boston 2003, pp. XII + 2463-3153.

26. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 6, A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 20, Leiden 2004, pp. XII + 3155-3872.

27. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 7, A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 21, Leiden-Boston 2005, pp. XII + 3873-4531.

28. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 8,  A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 22, Leiden-Boston 2006, pp. XII + 4532-5214.

29. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 9, A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 23, Leiden-Boston 2006, pp. XIV + 5215-6074.

30. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 10,  A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 24, Leiden-Boston 2007, pp. X + 6075-6805.

31. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 11, A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 25, Leiden-Boston 2007, pp. XII, 6807-7535.

32. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 12, A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 26, Leiden-Boston 2007, pp. XII, 7535-8269.

33. The Jews in Sicily, vol. 13, A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy 27, Leiden-Boston 2008, pp. XII, 8271-8990 (in print).

B. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

34. The Jews in Italy, Jewish Art and Civilization I, ch. 5, Fribourg 1972, pp. 170-212 - do - French translation.

35. The Church and the Jews 1099-1348, The World History of the Jewish People - Middle Ages (in press) (H).

36. La condizione giuridica degli ebrei nell'Italia centrale e settentrionale (secoli XII-XVI). Storia d'Italia, Annali 11, Gli ebrei in Italia. a cura di C. Vivanti, Einaudi editore, Torino 1996, pp. 97-120.

37. Sizilien: Ein Jahrtausend (mehr oder weniger) “guter Nachbarschaft”. Europas Juden im Mittelalter, Cluse, C., Hrsg. Trier 2004, pp. 121-138.

38 - do – English version: The Jews of Europe in the Middle Ages (Tenth to Fifteenth Centuries), CELAMA 4, Cluse, C., editor; Turnhout 2004, pp. 105-122.

C: ARTICLES:

39. Un privilegio di Francesco II Sforza agli ebrei del Ducato di Milano, Scritti in memoria di S. Mayer, Jerusalem, 1956, pp. 308-324. The Development of Jewish Self-Government in Mantua 1511-1630, Zion XXI (1956), pp. 143-182 (H).

40. Opinion of the Sorbonne Concerning the Settlement of Jews in France 1633, Zion XXIII-XXIV (1958-9), pp. 98-101 (H).

41. The Scandal of the Tamari-Venturozzo Divorce, Tarbiz XXVIII (1959), pp. 375-392 (H).

42. The Minute-Books of the Jewish Community at Verona, Kiryat Sepher XXXV, (1960), pp. 127-136, 250-268 (H).

43. The Ghetto in Italy and its Regime, Baer Jubilee Vol., Jerusalem 1961, pp. 270-286 (H).

44. A Christian Report from Constantinople Regarding Shabbethai Sevi (1666), The Journal of Jewish Studies XII (1961), pp. 33-58.

45. David Reuveni's Second Mission to Italy, Zion XXVI (1961), pp. 198-207 (H).

46. Emissaries from Safed to Mantua in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Sephunot VI (1962), pp. 329-354 (H).

47. Jewish Education in Italy during the Renaissance, History of Education, Jerusalem 1962, pp. 376-381 (H).

48. Books and Libraries of the Jews of Mantua 1595, Kiryat Sepher XXXVII (1962), pp. 103-122 (H).

49. Jewish Education in the 16th-18th Centuries, Italy, History of Education, Jerusalem 1962, pp. 405-409 (H).

50. The Theatre Company of the Jews of Mantua, Pargod (1963), pp. 13-17 (H).

51. Gli ebrei a Siracusa ed il loro cimitero, Archivio Storico Siracusano IX (1963), pp. 8-20.

52. Jewish Vagabonds in European Jewish Communities, Ha'Uma V (1963), pp. 103-107 (H).

53. On the Relations between Bohemia-Moravia and Italy in the 17th and 18th Centuries, Gelber Jubilee Volume, Tel-Aviv 1963, pp. 127-163 (H).

54. The Jews of Syracuse and their Cemetery, Ben-Zvi Memorial Volume, Jerusalem 1964, pp. 275-282 (H).

55. The Jewish Community in Italy and the Christian Corporation, Religion and Society in Jewish and Gentile History, Jerusalem 1965, pp. 81-102 (H).

56. From the Model-Letter Collection of Salomone da Poggibonsi, Qovetz Al-Yad VI (XVI) (1966), pp. 381-417 (H).

57. Some Disputes on Music in the Synagogue, Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research XXXIV (1966), pp. 99-110.

58. The Jews of Europe in the Light of Seder Eliyahu Zuta, Carpi Memorial Volume, Jerusalem 1967, pp. 64-71 (H).

59. The World of a Jewish Boy during the Renaissance, Hagut, Tel-Aviv 1969, 334-349 (H).

60. The Jewish Community in Rome, Mahanaim CXX (1969), pp. 19-30. (H)

61. I banchieri da Rieti in Toscana, La Rassegna Mensile di Israel XXXVIII (1972), pp. 406-423.

62. Remnants of the Communal Minute-Book of Cremona, Michael I (1973), pp. 254-276 (H).

63. Alcune note sugli ebrei a Parma nel '400, Studi sull'ebraismo italiano in memoria di Cecil Roth, Roma 1974, pp. 227-260.

52. The Hebrew Revival among Medieval Jewry, S.W. Baron Jubilee Volume II, N.Y. - Jerusalem 1974, pp. 831-858.

64. The Palestine Problem after World War Two, Collected Essays Fratelli Fabbri, Milan.

65. Procura Hester fq. Natan Creyssenti, Michael IV (1975), pp. 446-449.

66. On the History of the Rieti Bankers in Tuscany, Shohat Jubilee Volume, 1978, pp. 183-203 (H).

67. A Contract for the Printing of Hebrew Books at Cremona, Umberto Nachon Memorial Volume, Jerusalem 1978, pp. 143-150 (H).

68. Prolegomena on the Relations between Popes and Jews in the Middle-Ages, Baer Memorial Volume, Jerusalem 1980, pp. 66-93 (H).

69. "Qoloth Nishbarim", Michael VII (1982), pp. 284-393 (H).

70. La iglesia y los Judios en la Espa¤a Cristiana, I Congreso Internacional Encuentro de las Tres Culturas, Toledo 1982 pp. 69-73.

71. Lo stato attuale della ricerca storica sugli ebrei in Italia, Atti del Congresso Italia Judaica, Rome 1983, pp. 29-37.

72. Italia Judaica (with A. Luzzatto and A. Toaff), Sample Brochure, Tel-Aviv 1984, pp. 48.

73. Marranos in Ancona under Papal Protection, Michael IX (1985), pp. 234-267.

74. La "Limpieza de Sangre" y la iglesia, II Congresso Internacional Encuentro de Las Tres Culturas, Toledo 1983, pp. 299-310.

75. Jews and Judaism as viewed by the Medieval Church, L'Image de L'Autre, 16e Congrés International des Sciences Historiques, Stuttgart 1985, II, pp. 563-574.

76. Halakha and Society in the Writings of Leone da Modena, Harvard Studies in Jewish History, Cambridge, Mass. 1987, pp. 435-446.

77. Un divieto di trasportare ebrei in Palestina, Atti del Congresso Italia Judaica II, Rome 1986, pp. 39-53.

78. Considerazioni introduttive, la communitŕ veneziana: aspetti della sua vita tra cinquecento e seicento, Gli ebrei e Venezia, Milano 1987, pp. 323-332.

79. Metodologia e risultati della ricerca per 'The Jews in the Duchy of Milan', La Rassegna Mensile di Israel LII (1987), pp. 335-344.

80. Alcuni noti convertiti ebrei del rinascimento, Atti del VI congresso Internazionale dell'AISG, Roma 1988, pp. 93-104.

81. Some Reactions of the Jews in Italy to the "First Emancipation" and to Enlightenment, Atti del Congresso Italia Judaica III, Rome 1989, pp. 47-68 (H).

82. Some well-known Jewish Converts during the Renaissance, Revue des Etudes Juives CXLVIII (1989), pp. 17-52.

83. The Jews of Italy, Rothschild Miscellany, Companion Volume, London 1989.

84. Chiesa e sinagoga, convivenza scomoda, Atti del Convegno Internazionale: Nuove mobilitŕ delle popolazioni mediterranee come fattore di convivenza e di dialogo fra le tre grandi religioni monoteiste, Rome 1990, pp. 14-22.

85. Arnaldo Momigliano as a Jew and Historian of Italian Jewry, Arnaldo Momigliano in Memoriam, Jerusalem 1992, pp. 26-36 (H).

86. La Santa Sede e gli ebrei della Sicilia, We-zo't le-Angelo, Vol. in Memoria di Angelo Vivian, Bologna 1993, pp. 511-526.

87. Prolegomena ad una storia degli ebrei in Sicilia, Atti del V Convegno Italia Iudaica, (Palermo 1992), Roma 1995, pp. 15-30.

88. Conclusioni, L'Ebraismo dell'Italia meridionale peninsulare dalle origini al 1541, Atti del Convegno internazionale di studio organizzato dall'Universitŕ degli studi della Basilicata, Potenza-Venosa, 20-24 settembre 1992, Potenza 1996, pp. 327-332.

89. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola on Jews and Judaism, From Witness to Witchcraft, Jews and Judaism in Medieval Christian Thought, Wolfenbtteler Mittelalter-Studien 11, Wiesbaden 1996, pp. 403-418.

90. The Thirteenth Tribe, Michael XIV (1997), pp. 51-76 (H).

91. Conclusioni, Atti del del Convegno Gli ebrei di Pisa (1994), Pisa 1998, pp. 427-433.

92. On Historical Research in a Post-historical Era, Gesher 133 (1996), pp. 38-42 (H)

93. More on the History of the Jews in Sicily during the Norman Period (with M. Gil), Carpi Jubilee Volume (H), Tel Aviv 1996, pp. 23-57.

94. Maritime Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Eleventh Century: The Case of the Jewish                 Merchants in Sicily, Convegno Economia e Territorio nel Medioevo, Barcelona 1996, Archivio Storico del Sannio NS 4 (1999), pp. 65-81.

95. Joseph Hacohen a Genova, Convegno Joseph Hacohen 5 centenario dalla nascita, Genova 1996, Italia XIII-XV (2001), pp. 119-130 (H).

96. Prologue, Leone de' Sommi and the Performing Arts, Tel Aviv 1997, pp. 19-24.

97. The Khazars, Who were they? Were they Jews? Where did they disappear to? What do we know about them? Et-mol 23 (135) (1997), pp.3-5 (H).

98 The Jews in the Papal States to the Ghetto, Atti del VI Convegno Italia Judaica, Tel Aviv 1995, Roma 1998, pp. 11-29.

99. Politica papale verso gli ebrei a Roma e nello Stato della Chiesa da Paolo IV a Pio IX, Atti del VII Convegno Italia Judaica, Reggio E. 1998 (in print).

100. L'epigrafia ebraica, Atti del convegno Sicilia Epigrafica, Erice 15-18 Ottobre 1998, Annali della Scuola Normale di Pisa, S. IV/2 (1999), Pisa 2000, pp. 509-530 + tables.

101. Il mezzogiorno normanno-svevo visto dal mondo ebraico, Il mezzogiorno normanno-svevo visto dall’Europa e dal mondo mediterraneo, Atti delle tredicesime giornate normanno-sveve, Bari, 21-24 ottobre 1997, Bari 1999, pp. 327-340

102. I beni culturali ebraici in Italia meridionale nel medioevo: una rassegna provvisoria, Atti del Convegno I Beni Culturali Ebraici in Italia, Ravenna 22-24 maggio 2001, Ravenna  2003, pp. 31-38.

103. The Conference on Leon Modena and his World: Opening Remarks, The Lion Shall Roar: Leon Modena and his World, Italia, Conference Supplement I, Jerusalem 2003, pp. 15-17.

104. The Thirteenth Tribe, Una Manna Buona per Mantova,  Studi in Onore di Vittore Colorni, Firenze 2004, pp. 117-246.

105. Gli scritti di Vittore Colorni: una rassegna, Una Manna Buona per Mantova,  Studi in Onore di Vittore Colorni, Fireneze 2004, pp. XV-XVI; In Memoriam Vittore Colorni, Materia Giudaica X/1 (2005), pp. 7-8.

106. The Jews and Law: the Sicilian Model, Hebraica Hereditas, Studi in onore di Cesare Colafemmina, a cura di Lacerenza, G., Napoli 2005, pp. 339-352.

107. 'Alyyah di ebrei siciliani nel Quattrocento, Atti del convegno internazionale dell'AISG, Siracusa 25-27 settembre 2005, Materia Giudaica XI/1-2 (2006), Firenze 2006, pp. 43-50.

108. The Mediterranean: the Tri-Cultural Crossroads: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Atti delle Assemblee Plenarie VIII (Valencia), IX (Bari), X (Foggia, XI (Izmir), della Comunitŕ delle Universitŕ Mediterranee (CUM), Bari 2007, pp. 51-57.

109. Un commento conclusivo, Donne nella storia degli ebrei d'Italia, Atti del IX Convegno internazionale 'Italia Judaica', Lucca, 609 giugno 2005, (Luzzati, M., Galasso, C. eds.), Firenze 2007, pp. 549-558.

D. TEXT BOOKS AND TEACHING MANUALS

110. The Inquisition, Tel-Aviv 1959, pp. 48 (H).

111. The Settlement of the Jews in Europe, Tel-Aviv 1957, 1959, pp. 17-23 (H).

112. The Jewish Community in Western Europe at the End of the Middle-Ages, Tel-Aviv 1959, pp. 72 (H).

113. The Roman Church and the Jews in the Middle-Ages, Tel-Aviv 1960, pp. 58 (H).

114. History of the Jews in the Middle-Ages from the Crusades to the Expulsion from Spain, Tel-Aviv 1960, pp. 115 (H).

115. The Organization of Jewish Self-Government in the Middle-Ages, Tel-Aviv 1961, pp. 85 (H).

116. Sepher Masa Melech, Tel-Aviv 1962, pp. 73 (H).

117. The Policy of the Popes towards the Jews, Tel-Aviv 1963, pp. 79 (H).

118. Documents Relating to the History of the Jews in Moslem Spain, Tel-Aviv 1965, pp. 18 (H).

119. Sources for the History of the Jews in Europe to the Persecution of 1096, Tel-Aviv 1966, pp. 65 (H).

120. Sources for the History of the Jews from the Crusades to the Expulsion from Spain, Tel-Aviv 1972, pp. 159 (H).

E. REVIEWS

121. M.A. Szulvass, Jewish Life in Italy during the Renaissance, Kiryat Sepher XXXII (1957), pp. 305-307 (H).

122. C. Roth, the Jews in the Renaissance, Kiryat Sepher XXXVI (1961), pp. 216-222 (H).

123. Hayye Olam by Yehiel Nissim da Pisa, ed. Rosenthal, Kiryat Sepher XXXIX (1964), pp. 55-57 (H).

124. L. Poliakov, Les Banchieri Juifs et le Saint-Siege du XIIIe au XVIIe sičcle, Kiryat Sepher XLII (1967), pp. 471-473 (H).

125. S. Ben-Sasson, The Jews of Sicily 825-1068, Jerusalem 1991, Jewish History 7 (1993), pp. 144-145.

F. VARIOUS:

126. Jewish Coins, Reifenberg, Jerusalem 1948, pp. 61 (Transl.) (H).

127. The House of Nasi, C. Roth, Tel-Aviv 1953, pp. 280 (Transl.) (H).

128. Encyclopedia Hebraica, Encyclopedia Judaica etc., various articles.

129. Afterword, in: Violence and Defence in the Jewish experience, Philadelphia 1977, pp. 337-343.

130. On Jewish Survival, Inaugural Lecture, The Sir Isaac Wolfson Chair of Jewish Studies, Tel-Aviv 1977.

131. Past and Future, Five Years' Rectorship, 1972-77, Tel-Aviv University 1977, pp. 79 (H).

132. The Mediterranean, Cradle of our Civilization, Convegno Il Mediterraneo un mare da salvare, Giardini Naxos 1986.

G. EDITING

Michael, Proceedings of the Diaspora Research Institute.

 

133.  I       Italy, 1972, pp. 341+318.

134.  II      Germany (with J. Toury), 1973, pp. 83+265.

135.  III    United States (with L.P. Gartner), 1975, pp. 392+40.

136.  IV     France (with J. Schatzmiller), 1976, pp. 460+71.

137.  V      North Africa (with D. Carpi and Y. Nini), 1978, pp. 142+267.

138.  VI     Eastern Europe (with M. Minc), 1980, pp. 176+240.

139.  VII    Eastern Mediterranean (with Z. Ankori), 1981, pp. 444+247.

140.  VIII   South America (with D. Carpi), 1983, pp. 89+161.

141.  IX     Exiles from the Iberian Peninsula (with D. Carpi), 1985, pp. 199+267.

142.  X      England, Ireland, Canada, and Surinam (with R.A. Rockaway) 1986, pp. 77+234.

143. XI     (Monograph Series) Jews and Conversos in Christian Spain (with E. Gutwirth), 1989, pp. 36+290.

144.  XII    (Monograph Series) Jews in France (with J. Shatzmiller), 1991, pp. 140+336.

145.  XIII   (Monograph Series) Holocaust (with D. Porat), 1993, pp. 126+167.

146.  XIV   (Monograph Series) Jews in Islamic Countries (with M. Rozen and J. Nini), 1997, pp. 62+222.

147. XV    (Monograph Series), Jews in The United States, 2000, pp. 235+25.

148-162.    Shvut, Jewish Problems in the USSR and Eastern Europe (on Editorial Board), I (1973), II (1974), III (1975), IV (1976), V (1977), VI (1978), VII (1980), VIII (1981), IX (1982), X (1984), XI (1985), XII (1987), XIII (1988), XIV (1990).

163-175.    Gal-Ed, On the History of the Jews in Poland (Co-Editor), I  (1973), II (1975), III (1976), IV-V (1978), VI (1982), VIII (1985), IX (1986), X (1987), XI  (1989), XII (1991).

150-162.    Publications, Diaspora Research Institute.

H. BIBLIOGRAPHIES

163. Biblioteca italo-ebraica. Bibliografia per la storia degli ebrei in Italia 1986-1995 (with M. Consonni), Roma 1997, pp. 262.

164. Biblioteca italo-ebraica. Bibliografia per la storia degli ebrei in Italia 1996-2005 (with M. Consonni), Firenze 2007, pp. 286.

 

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Editor: A Documentary History of the Jews in Italy:

Vol. 1-4 (see supra)

Vol. 5, The Jews in Piedmont 1 (1297-1582) by R. Segre, Jerusalem-Tel Aviv 1986, pp. CXLIX + 630

Vol. 6, The Jews in Piedmont 2 (1582-1723) by R. Segre, Jerusalem-Tel Aviv 1988, pp. 631-1398

Vol. 7, The Jews in Piedmont 3 (1724-1798) by R. Segre, Jerusalem-Tel Aviv 1990, pp. 1399-2276

Vol. 8, The Jews in Umbria 1 (1245-1435) by R. Toaff, Leiden-New York-Köln 1993, pp. LXVIII + 460

Vol. 9, The Jews in Umbria 2 (1435-1484) by R. Toaff, Leiden-New York-Köln 1994, pp. 461-978

Vol. 10, The Jews in Umbria 3 (1484-1736) by R. Toaff, Leiden-New York-Köln 1994, pp. 979-1466

Vol. 11, The Jews in Rome 1 (1536-1551) by K. Stow, Leiden-New York-Köln 1995, pp. LXXX + 411

Vol. 12, The Jews in Rome 2 (1551-1557) by K. Stow, Leiden-New York-Köln 1997, pp. 413-951.

Vol. 13 (see supra).

Vol. 14 The Jews in Genoa 1 (507-1681), by R. Urbani and G.N. Zazzu, Leiden-Boston-Köln 1999, pp. CLXXXIX + 486.

Vol. 15 The Jews in Genoa 2 (1682-1799), by R. Urbani and G.N. Zazzu, Leiden-Boston-Köln 1999, pp. 487-1138.

Vols. 16-27 (see supra).

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