Regional Identities and Cultures of Medieval Jews Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Liverpool University Press
• File Size : 54,5 Mb
• Release Date : 04 May 2018

The origins of Judaism’s regional ‘subcultures’ are poorly understood, as are Jewish identities other than ‘Ashkenaz’ and ‘Sepharad’. Through case studies and close textual readings, this volume illuminates the

• Publisher : Modern Language Association
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• Release Date : 28 October 2022

While globalization is a modern phenomenon, premodern people were also interconnected in early forms of globalism, sharing merchandise, technology, languages, and stories over long distances. Looking across civilizations, this volume

• Publisher : New Middle Ages
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• Release Date : 15 November 2010

Medieval Iberia offers one of the few examples of coexistence over an extended period of time between Jews, Muslims, and Christians in pre-modern Europe. Taking the Jewish community as a

• Publisher : Liverpool University Press
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• Release Date : 29 November 2007

This study of Jewish cultural innovation in early twentieth-century France highlights the complexity and ambivalence of Jewish identity and self-definition in the modern world. This stimulating and original book makes

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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• Release Date : 29 April 2021

A new look at Rashi's innovative commentary that sheds unique light on medieval Jewish and Christian learning and Bible interpretation.

• Publisher : Routledge
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• Release Date : 03 September 2018

The Jews: A History is a comprehensive and accessible text that explores the religious, cultural, social, and economic diversity of the Jewish people and their faith. Placing Jewish history within

• Publisher : Wayne State University Press
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• Release Date : 10 November 2020

Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe is a topic laced by prejudice on one hand and apologetics on the other. Beginning in the Middle Ages, Jews were often portrayed as

• Publisher : Kohlhammer Verlag
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• Release Date : 10 February 2021

Judaism, the oldest of the Abrahamic religions, is one of the pillars of modern civilization. A collective of internationally renowned experts cooperated in a singular academic enterprise to portray Judaism

• Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
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• Release Date : 09 November 2020

Two opposing views of the future in the Middle Ages dominate recent historical scholarship. According to one opinion, medieval societies were expecting the near end of the world and therefore

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 09 April 2019

Winner of the Jewish Book Council Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award in Scholarship This book explores the reception history of the most important Jewish Bible commentary ever composed, the Commentary