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Fabrizio
Lelli

Università del Salento (Lecce)

Research Topic

Christian-Jewish Theological Interrelations in the Fifteenth Century

Bio

Fabrizio Lelli is Associate Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of  Salento (Lecce, Italy). His research focuses mainly on the philosophical and mystical literature of late Medieval and Early Modern Italian Jewish authors and on the intellectual relations between Jewish and Christian scholars in the Italian Renaissance.

Fellowship

2013–2014
Constructing Borders and Crossing Boundaries: Social, Cultural, and Religious Change in Early Modern Jewish History

Investigating changes across the early modern Jewish world.

2010–2011
Converts and Conversion To and From Judaism

Examining the boundary between Judaism and other religions with a concurrent study of parallel social and religious phenomena and historical contexts.

2001–2002
Biblical Exegesis in a Comparative Context: Jewish, Christian, Islamic

Examining the various modes of scriptural interpretation in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.

1999–2000
Hebraica Veritas? Christian Hebraists, Jews, and the Study of Judaism in Early Modern Europe

Devoting an entire year of study to the subject of Christian Hebraism, especially in early modern Europe.

Events

Changing Minds: Geographic Discoveries and New Worlds through the Eyes of a Renaissance Jewish Scholar
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Changing Minds: Geographic Discoveries and New Worlds through the Eyes of a Renaissance Jewish Scholar
Featuring: Fabrizio Lelli, Università del Salento (Lecce)
The Study of Science and Kabbalah in the Venetian Ghetto during the Renaissance
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
The Study of Science and Kabbalah in the Venetian Ghetto during the Renaissance
Featuring: Fabrizio Lelli, Università del Salento (Lecce)