Regional identities and cultures of medieval jews. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Javier Castano, Talya Fishman, Ephraim Kanarfogel.
• Editors: Castaño, Javier; Kanarfogel, Ephraim; Fishman, Talya, 1955-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 296.0902; Judaism -- History -- Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786949905
• Related ISBNs: 9781906764678
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