This essay goes through the human and intellectual life of Lea Sestieri (1913-2018), the first Italian woman who attended the Rabbinical College. She was a secular intellectual, an expert of biblical texts, a strong Zionist. According to Sestieri, Judaism could disregard the relationship with transcendence, but not individual responsibility and practical action. She was professor in Uruguay, Israel and Italy; she taught Greek language and literature, Italian literature, Post biblical Judaism. In the second part of her life she devoted herself to Jewish-Christian dialogue, taught at various pontifical theological faculties, lectured and wrote numerous essays and books.
Milani, C., Lea Sestieri (1913-2018). Dal Collegio rabbinico al dialogo ebraico-cristiano, <<ANNALI DI SCIENZE RELIGIOSE>>, 2023; 16 (N/A): 257-269 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/272590]
Lea Sestieri (1913-2018). Dal Collegio rabbinico al dialogo ebraico-cristiano
Milani, Claudia
2022
Abstract
This essay goes through the human and intellectual life of Lea Sestieri (1913-2018), the first Italian woman who attended the Rabbinical College. She was a secular intellectual, an expert of biblical texts, a strong Zionist. According to Sestieri, Judaism could disregard the relationship with transcendence, but not individual responsibility and practical action. She was professor in Uruguay, Israel and Italy; she taught Greek language and literature, Italian literature, Post biblical Judaism. In the second part of her life she devoted herself to Jewish-Christian dialogue, taught at various pontifical theological faculties, lectured and wrote numerous essays and books.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.