Medievalists.net » Jewish Law http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Two Rabbinic Views of Christianity in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2014 01:17:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50444 In the sessions of our section over the past decade, I introduced a significant distinction between two rabbinic attitudes in the Mediterranean countries during the Middle Ages of 12th and 13th centuries as to their view of Christianity.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Dietary Laws in Medieval Christian-Jewish Polemics: A Survey http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/dietary-laws-medieval-christian-jewish-polemics-survey/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/dietary-laws-medieval-christian-jewish-polemics-survey/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:14:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48454 In the religious debate between Jews and Christians, the biblical dietary laws come to illustrate important assumptions concerning the “other.”

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/22/dietary-laws-medieval-christian-jewish-polemics-survey/feed/ 0 Menstruation in Sacred Places. Medieval and Early-Modern Jewish Women in the Synagogue http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/16/menstruation-in-sacred-places-medieval-and-early-modern-jewish-women-in-the-synagogue/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/16/menstruation-in-sacred-places-medieval-and-early-modern-jewish-women-in-the-synagogue/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:54:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46717 How sacred is the Synagogue? Can a woman enter this holy place while menstruating? What is more sacred: the space, or the Holy objects within it?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/16/menstruation-in-sacred-places-medieval-and-early-modern-jewish-women-in-the-synagogue/feed/ 0 The Inquisitor and the Jewish Mother: The Role of Food in Creation of Converso Identity in Inquisition Spain http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/12/the-inquisitor-and-the-jewish-mother-the-role-of-food-in-creation-of-converso-identity-in-inquisition-spain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/12/the-inquisitor-and-the-jewish-mother-the-role-of-food-in-creation-of-converso-identity-in-inquisition-spain/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:29:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=21724 Peppered with a great deal of wit and humor, Don Quixote is a unique portrait of the cultural, social and political landscape of Spain at the turn of the seventeenth century.

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