Regional Identities and Cultures of Medieval Jews
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ISBN13: | 9781837640539 |
ISBN10: | 183764053X |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 364 pages |
Size: | 234x156 mm |
Weight: | 368 g |
Language: | English |
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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 role of geopolitical boundaries, cross-cultural influences, and migration in the medieval formation of Jewish regional identities.
?[The essays] make unexpected and intriguing links between Jewish and non-Jewish literature and ideas, and (rightly) raise as much questions as they seek to answer. In that respect, they have helpfully indicted possible directions of future research.?
Stefan C . Reif, Journal of Jewish Studies
List of Contributors
Note on Transliteration
Introduction - Talya Fishman
Part I. Identity Claims
1. ?The Emergence of the Medieval Jewish Diaspora(s) of Europe from the Ninth to the Twelfth Centuries, with Some Thoughts on Historical DNA Studies - Michael Toch
2.?Medieval Jewish Legends on the Decline of the Babylonian Centre and the Primacy of Other Geographical Centres - Avraham Grossman
Part II. The Impact of Non-Jewish Cultures on Regional Traditions
3.?The Sacrifice of the Souls of the Righteous upon the Heavenly Altar: Transformations of Apocalyptic Traditions in Medieval Ashkenaz - Paul Mandel
4.?The Bifurcated Legacy of Rabbi Moses Hadarshan and the Rise of Peshat Exegesis in Medieval France - Hananel Mack
5.?A New Look at Medieval Jewish Exegetical Constructions of Peshat in Christian and Muslim Lands: Rashbam and Maimonides - Mordechai Z. Cohen
6.?The ?Our Talmud? Tradition and the Predilection for Works of Applied Law in Early Sephardi Rabbinic Culture - Talya Fishman
Part III. Geopolitical Boundaries and Their Impact on Jewish Regional Identities
7.?From Germany to Northern France and Back Again: A Tale of Two Tosafist Centres - Ephraim Kanarfogel
8.?Rabbinic Politics, Royal Conquest, and the Creation of a Halakhic Tradition in Medieval Provence - Pinchas Roth
9.?Mediterranean Regionalism in Hebrew Panegyric Poetry - Jonathan Decter
10.?Framings of Sephardi Identity in Ashkenazi Prayer Books - Elisabeth Hollender
11.?Minhag and Migration: Yiddish Custom Books from Sixteenth-Century Italy - Lucia Raspe
Part IV. Cultural Content as a Marker of Jewish Regional Identities
12.?A Collection of Jewish Philosophical Prayers - Y. Tzvi Langermann
13.?Prophets and Their Impact in the High Middle Ages: A Subculture of Franco-German Jewry - Moshe Idel
Index