Prophet of Renewal

Alessandro Grazi, Ph.D. (2012), University of Groningen, is Research Associate in the Department of Religious History of the Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz. He has published on Italian Judaism and Jewish/Christian relations, including the edited volume Believers in the Nation - European religious minorities in the age of nationalism (2017).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroduction1 The Book’s Structure2 Methodological Premise1 A Life of Action: David Levi’s Biographical Traits Against Their Historical Background2 David Levi’s oeuvre3 Enlightenment and Secularity Mark the Way1 Freemasonry and Secret Societies as Catalysts of Italian Jews During the Risorgimento2 David Levi’s Affiliation with Freemasonry and Giovine Italia3 “Socialismo risorgimentale”: Saint-Simonism as the Core of Levi’s View4 David Levi and the Role of Women in Modern Society4 A Particular Relationship to the Wissenschaft des Judentums5 David Levi’s Literary LegacyConclusionContextualization of David Levi’s Il Mistero delle Tre MelarancieAppendix: Il Mistero delle tre Melarancie o La Commedia Eterna Fiaba e Realtà di TurandotThe Mystery of the Three OrangesBibliographyIndex