Frontmatter -- Preface -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE. RATIONALIST AND ANTI-RATIONALIST TRENDS AMONG ITALIAN JEWS IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY -- I . THE SPREAD OF SECULAR STUDIES AND RATIONALISM -- II. JACOB BEN ABBA MARI BEN R' SHIM'ON ANATOLI . -- III. ZERAHYAH BEN YISHAQ BEN SHALTIEL HEN OF BARCELONA -- IV. HILLEL BEN SHMUEL BEN EL'AZAR OF VERONA . -- PART TWO. IN THE SHADOW OF THE EXILE FROM SPAIN -- V. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY -- VI. ISAAC ABRAVANEL (1437-1508) -- VII. JOSEPH YA'AVES (1438-1507) -- VIII . JOSEPH IBN YAHYA (1496-1539) -- PART THREE. ITALIAN ANTI-RATIONALISTS OF THE RENAISSANCE AND POST-RENAISSANCE PERIODS -- IX. JUDAH MOSCATO (1532-1590) -- X . 'AZARIAH FIGO (1579-1647) -- XI. JUDAH DEL BENE -- XII. FOLLOW-UP AND CONCLUSION -- Glossary of Hebrew Terms -- Bibliography -- Index