Jewish culture and society in Medieval France and Germany. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ivan G. Marcus.
• Authors: Marcus, Ivan G
• Contents: Contents: Introduction. The Jews of Medieval Northern France and Germany (Ashkenaz): A Jewish-Christian symbiosis: the culture of early Ashkenaz; The foundation legend of Ashkenazic Judaism; Rashi's historiosophy in the introductions to his Bible commentaries; The dynamics of Jewish Renaissance and renewal in the 12th century; Honey cakes and Torah: a Jewish boy learns his letters; A pious community and doubt: Jewish martyrdom among northern European Jewry and the story of Rabbi Amnon of Mainz; History, story and collective memory: narrativity in early Ashkenazic culture; From politics to martyrdom: shifting paradigms in the Hebrew narratives of the 1096 crusade riots; Jews and Christians imagining the other in medieval Europe. Medieval German Pietism (Hasidei Ashkenaz): The recensions and structure of Sefer Hasidim; The song of songs in German Hasidism and the school of Rashi: a preliminary comparison; Exegesis for the few and for the many: Judah he-Hasid's biblical commentaries; Narrative fantasies from Sefer Hasidim; The historical meaning of Hasidei Ashkenaz: fact, fiction or cultural self-image?; The devotional ideals of Ashkenazic pietism; Prayer gestures in German Hasidism. Index.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 296.0944270902; Jews -- France, Northern -- Intellectual life -- History -- To 1500; Jews -- Germany -- Intellectual life -- History -- To 1500; Ashkenazim -- France, Northern -- History -- To 1500; Ashkenazim -- Germany -- History -- To 1500; Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity; Christianity and other religions -- Judaism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000948868
• Related ISBNs: 9781000942149
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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