La tradizione politica ebraica in Italia tra XV e XVII secolo

In the Italian peninsula, between 400 and 600, some Jewish thinkers (Yohanan Alemanno, Isaac Abravanel, David de' Pomis and Simone Luzzatto) developed a political thought that combined the biblical and post-biblical tradition with the new sources provided by the humanist culture and also offered a particular reading of the political institutions, especially of cities like Florence and Venice. The paper analyzes some of their reflections and tries to highlight the innovations that their efforts brought not only to Jewish but also to Christian thought.