Introduction: In search of a Jewish renaissance
Jewish philosophy : humanist roots of a contradiction in terms
The prophetic-poetic dimension of philosophy : the ars poetica and Immanuel of Rome
Leone Ebreo's concept of Jewish philosophy
Conceptions of history : Azariah de' Rossi
Scientific thought and the exegetical mind, with an essay on the life and works of Rabbi Judah Loew
Mathematical and biblical exegesis : Jewish sources of Athanasius Kircher's musical theory
Creating geographical and political utopias : the ten lost tribes and the east
Ceremonial law : history of a philosophical-political concept
The city and the ghetto : Simone Luzzatto and the development of Jewish political thought
Body of conversion and immortality of the soul : Sara Copio Sullam, the "Beautiful Jewess".