Sara Copia Sullam
Sara Copia Sullam · Arts & Literature
Venetian poet and intellectual who defended Judaism and the immortality of the soul against Christian critics.
c. 1592, Venice, Republic of Venice — 1641, Venice, Republic of Venice
Venice (Jewish Ghetto)
Sara Copia Sullam is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Venetian poet and intellectual who defended Judaism and the immortality of the soul against Christian critics.
Sara Copia Sullam was a Jewish poet and intellectual who ran a literary salon in the Venetian Ghetto, hosting Jewish and Christian writers. When accused of denying the immortality of the soul, she published her 'Manifesto' (1621) affirming the doctrine and defending her Jewish faith against Christian polemic. She is remembered as a rare woman's voice of the early modern Italian Jewry.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
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Venetian poet and intellectual who defended Judaism and the immortality of the soul against Christian critics.
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
