Written Out of History: Our Jewish Foremothers. She remained a loyal, fiercely dedicated, and proud Jew until her death in 1641. As a demonstration of her belief in immortality, she addressed her dead father in the essay, and also dedicated it to him, expressing her hopes that the essay might perpetuate his name in the same way as if she had been a son to carry on the family line. To defend her position and religious beliefs, she wrote a pamphlet in 1621 titled Manifesto of Sara Coppia Sullam, Jewess, in which she refutes the opinion denying immortality of the soul, falsely attributed to her by Sr.
Her prominence in Venetian cultural life made her a desirable prospect for conversion to Christianity, but she rejected all attempts to turn her away from Judaism.ĭespite her steadfast devotion to her faith, Sullam found herself the victim of rumors that she did not believe in the immortality of the soul. She often entertained the most distinguished people of the era in Venice by reading her own poetry and performing music. After her marriage to Joseph Sullam, a wealthy Jewish man, she turned their home into one of the most popular literary salons in Venice, frequented by Jews and Gentiles alike. She could perform on the lute and harpsichord, and was known as a gifted poet, although very little of her work has survived. Sara Coppia Sullam typified the cultural achievements of Renaissance Italy although she was born in 1590 and raised in the humble ghetto regions of Venice, she was able to read five languages by the time she was 15. Sara Copia Sullam is the author of Jewish Poet and Intellectual in Seventeenth-Century Venice (3.75 avg rating, 8 ratings, 1 review, published 2009) and. Born Sara Coppia or Copio in Venice, Italy, in 1590 died in 1641 was able to read Latin, Greek, Spanish, Hebrew, and Italian by age 15 married Joseph Sullam.
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