Rashi and the First Crusade: Commentary, Liturgy, Legend
Rashi and the First Crusade: Commentary, Liturgy, Legend By Harvey Sicherman and Gilad J. Gevaryahu Judaism, Vol.38 No.190 (1999) Introduction: The tenth and…
Sharing Meals with Non-Christians in Canon Law Commentaries, Circa 1160-1260: A Case Study in Legal Development
Sharing Meals with Non-Christians in Canon Law Commentaries, Circa 1160-1260: A Case Study in Legal Development By David M. Freidenreich Medieval Encounters, Vol.…
Public Activities of Catalan Jewish Women
Public Activities of Catalan Jewish Women By Elka Klein Medieval Encounters, Volume 12, Number 1 (2006) Abstract: Although standards of modesty, custom, and…
Medieval Images of “Sacred Love”: Jewish and Christian Perceptions
Medieval Images of “Sacred Love”: Jewish and Christian Perceptions By Ruth Bartal Assaph: Studies in Art History, Vol.2 (1996) Introduction: Scholars of Jewish…
Kissing Kabbalists: Hierarchy, Reciprocity, and Equality
Kissing Kabbalists: Hierarchy, Reciprocity, and Equality By Joel Hecker Studies in Jewish Civilization, Vol.15: “Love – Ideal and Real – in Jewish Civilization”,…
Cultural Hybridity in the Medieval Mediterranean: A Concept in Search of Evidence?
Cultural Hybridity in the Medieval Mediterranean: A Concept in Search of Evidence? Lecture by Peregrine Horden, professor of medieval history, University of London…
Torquemada, the Inquisition, And the Expulsion of the Jews
Torquemada, the Inquisition, And the Expulsion of the Jews Rush, Timothy EIR Strategic Studies, April 1 (2005) Abstract The essential conflict between Europe and…
Rare Medieval Jewish Manuscript to be displayed at The Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be displaying a rare medieval Jewish manuscript known as the Washington Haggadah. It is on loan from the…
Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon
Opposing Identity: Muslims, Christians and the Military Orders in Rural Aragon Gerrard, Christopher Medieval Archaeology, Vol.43 (2000) Abstract This paper addresses the issue…
APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF MUSLIM AND JEWISH WOMEN IN MEDIEVAL IBERIAN PENINSULA: THE POETESS QASMUNA BAT ISMA`IL
APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF MUSLIM AND JEWISH WOMEN IN MEDIEVALIBERIAN PENINSULA: THE POETESS QASMUNA BAT ISMA`IL Planteamientos metodológicos en el estudio de las…
Making Reputation Work: Re-examining law, labor and enforcement among Geniza businessmen
Making Reputation Work: Re-examining law, labor and enforcement among Geniza businessmen By Jessica Goldberg Paper given at the conference Before and Beyond Europe:…
Conversion and St Louis’s Last Crusade
This essay argues that the diversion to Tunis is best understood in terms of Louis’s ideas about conversion in general and his policy towards the Jews of his land in particular.
To see or not to see in the Middle Ages: Blind Jews in Christian eyes
Vagantes To see or not to see in the Middle Ages: Blind Jews in Christian eyes Brooke Falk Permenter Session V: Seeing the…
“To Give Counsel and to Consent”: Why the King (Edward I) Expelled His Jews (in 1290)
“To Give Counsel and to Consent”: Why the King (Edward I) Expelled His Jews (in 1290) By Ira Katznelson Preferences and Situations :…
THE SEPHARDIM DIASPORA: A MODEL OF FORCED MIGRATION AND CONFISCATION
THE SEPHARDIM DIASPORA: A MODEL OF FORCED MIGRATION AND CONFISCATION Faria, João Ricardo Studies in Economics from the Department of Economics, University of…
The Life of Moses Maimonides, a Prominent Medieval Physician
The Life of Moses Maimonides, a Prominent Medieval Physician By Fred Rosner Einstein Quarterly Journal of Biology and Medicine, Vol.19 (2002) Abstract: Moses…
Positive Reinforcement According to Maimonides, the 12th Century Jewish Philosopher
Positive Reinforcement According to Maimonides, the 12th Century Jewish Philosopher By Michael E Leshtz and Nathan Stemmer Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Vol.39:3…
The N-Town Trials and the Image of the Community
The N-Town Trials and the Image of the Community Flood, Victoria Marginalis, Vol. 8, Cambridge Yearbook (2007-2008) Abstract In his game theory V.A.…
From Egypt to Umbria: Jewish Women and Property in the Medieval Mediterranean
From Egypt to Umbria: Jewish Women and Property in the Medieval Mediterranean Frank, Karen California Italian Studies Journal, 1(1) (2010) Abstract This article compares…
LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE IN MEDIEVAL EGYPT: CHILDREN’S EXERCISE BOOKS FROM THE CAIRO GENIZA
LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE IN MEDIEVAL EGYPT: CHILDREN’S EXERCISE BOOKS FROM THE CAIRO GENIZA By Judith Olszowy-Schlanger Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol.…
The Black Death and the Burning of Jews
Curiously, far less attention has been devoted to the most monumental of medieval Jewish persecutions, one that eradicated almost entirely the principal Jewish communities of Europe — those of the Rhineland — along with many other areas.
POLEMICAL VARIETIES: RELIGIOUS DISPUTATIONS IN 13TH CENTURY SPAIN
POLEMICAL VARIETIES: RELIGIOUS DISPUTATIONS IN 13TH CENTURY SPAIN Limor, Ora (The Open University of Israel) Iberia Judaica II (2010) Abstract In recent decades,…
Jews and Apostates in Medieval Europe — Boundaries Real and Imagined
Jews and Apostates in Medieval Europe — Boundaries Real and Imagined By David Malkiel Past and Present, Vol.194:1 (2007) Introduction: The chief trauma…
The Neighbour and the Jew in Medieval England
Should the relationship between Jews and Christians in Medieval England just be characterized by violence and animosity? The answer lies in looking more…
Extra-Legal Punishments in Medieval Jewish Courts
Extra-Legal Punishments in Medieval Jewish Courts By Zev Farber Mishpetei Shalom – A Jubilee Volume in Honor of Rabbi Saul (Shalom) Berman, edited…