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Ele foi médico da elite da Bahia, mas também dos pobres e das crianças expostas da Santa Casa da Misericórdia. Voluntário da Guerra do Paraguai, deputado abolicionista e último imame malê de Salvador, era amigo de figuras notáveis do Século XIX, incluindo a Condessa de Barral, amante de Dom Pedro II. Recrutou soldados negros para a Guerra do Paraguai, os Zuavos baianos, e foi professor da primeira faculdade de Medicina.
Em Memórias de um rabino secular humanista, o autor Jayme Fucs Bar nos apresenta passagens de sua vida marcada pela identidade judaica. Essas memórias misturam-se aos relatos de pensadores e movimentos sociais e judaicos que influenciaram sua visão da história e seu modo de ser e viver: um judeu humanista. Numa narrativa envolvente, o livro traz, ainda, estudos e argumentos que convidam à reflexão sobre povo tão singular. Jayme Fucs Bar, com lirismo e erudição, coloca em segundo plano o fervor religioso e conduz o leitor interessado a compreender melhor como vive um rabino secular humanista.
In a series of intimate and searing portraits, Nathan Wachtel traces the journeys of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Marranos—Spanish and Portuguese Jews who were forcibly converted to Catholicism but secretly retained their own faith. Fleeing persecution in their Iberian homeland, some sought refuge in the Americas, where they established transcontinental networks linking the New World to the Old. The Marranos—at once Jewish and Christian, outsiders and insiders—nurtured their hidden beliefs within their new communities, participating in the economic development of the early Americas while still adhering to some of the rituals and customs of their ancestors. In a testament to ...
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In this Festschrift dedicated to the 65th birthday of Marco Antonio Chaer Nascimento, selected researchers in theoretical chemistry present research highlights on major developments in the field. Originally published in the journal Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, these outstanding contributions are now available in a hardcover print format. This volume will be of benefit in particular to those research groups and libraries that have chosen to have only electronic access to the journal. It also provides valuable content for all researchers in theoretical chemistry.
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