Abraham ben Hananiah Yagel 1553-c.1624) composed his Hebrew work
Gei Hizzayon (A Valley of Vision) in Italy at the end of the
sixteenth century. This striking text, so different from the other
writings of the prolific physician, natural philosopher, and
kabbalist, is first an autobiographical account of the vicissitudes
of the author's years as a Jewish loan -banker. It is also a
description of a heavenly journey he is taken on by the soul of his
recently deceased father, who visits his son while he is imprisoned
in Mantua for debt. Finally, it is a series of theological and
moral discussions based on the insights of Judaism, particularly
the kabbalah as understood by Yagel and his Italian
contemporaries.A Valley of Vision is unique in Hebrew literature in
its integration of traditional Jewish materials with contemporary
literary and iconographic innovations. It is also a fascinating
window into the social and cultural world of Italian Jewry at the
end of the sixteenth century and its effect on the entire late
Renaissance period.David B. Ruderman's is the first translation of
this important work into any Western language. The book will be of
great interest to both the specialist and the general reader of
Jewish and late Renaissance history, thought, and literature.
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