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  • 1
    Book
    Book
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
    ISBN: 9781512823899
    Language: English
    Pages: viii, 252 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Year of publication: 2023
    Series Statement: The Middle Ages series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tolan, John Victor, 1959 - England's Jews
    DDC: 941/.004924
    Keywords: Geschichte 1200-1300 ; 13. Jahrhundert (1200 bis 1299 n. Chr.) ; c 1000 CE to c 1500 ; Jews History To 1500 ; Jews History To 1500 ; Jews History Expulsion, 1290 ; Antisemitismus ; Juden ; Geschichte der Religion ; HIS015020 ; HISTORY / Jewish ; History of religion ; Judaism ; Judentum ; RELIGION / Judaism / History ; Social & cultural history ; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte ; Great Britain History Medieval period, 1066-1485 ; England Ethnic relations ; England ; England ; England
    Abstract: "In thirteenth-century England, Jews played important roles in English society. Yet Church authorities feared the consequences of Jewish contact with Christians and tried to limit it, to little avail. Some circulated vicious rumors, accusing Jews of capturing and crucifying Christian children. All of these factors led Edward I to expel the Jews from England in 1290. Paradoxically, thirteenth-century England is both the theater of deep and fruitful economic and social exchange between Jews and Christians and one of the crucibles of European Antisemitism"--
    Abstract: In 1290, Jews were expelled from England and subsequently largely expunged from English historical memory. Yet for two centuries they occupied important roles in medieval English society. England's Jews revisits this neglected chapter of English history-one whose remembrance is more important than ever today, as antisemitism and other forms of racism are on the rise.Historian John Tolan tells the story of the thousands of Jews who lived in medieval England. Protected by the Crown and granted the exclusive right to loan money with interest, Jews financed building projects, provided loans to students, and bought and rented out housing. Historical texts show that they shared meals and beer, celebrated at weddings, and sometimes even ended up in bed with Christians.Yet Church authorities feared the consequences of Jewish contact with Christians and tried to limit it, though to little avail. Royal protection also proved to be a double-edged sword: when revolts broke out against the unpopular king Henry III, some of the rebels, in debt to Jewish creditors, killed Jews and destroyed loan records. Vicious rumors circulated that Jews secretly plotted against Christians and crucified Christian children. All of these factors led Edward I to expel the Jews from England in 1290. Paradoxically, Tolan shows, thirteenth-century England was both the theatre of fruitful interreligious exchange and a crucible of European antisemitism
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Zielgruppe: 5PGJ, Bezug zu Juden und jüdischen Gruppen
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  • 2
    Book
    Book
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
    ISBN: 9780812253580
    Language: English
    Pages: 278 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Edition: First edition
    Year of publication: 2022
    Series Statement: Jewish culture and contexts
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Geschichte 900-1500 ; Women in the Bible ; Women in Judaism / Europe / History / To 1500 ; Bible / Old Testament / Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish / History / To 1500 ; Bible / Influence / Medieval civilization ; Judaism / Europe / History / To 1500 ; Jewish way of life / History / To 1500 ; Jews / Europe / Social life and customs / To 1500 ; Jews / Europe / History / To 1500 ; Femmes dans la Bible ; Bible / Influence / Civilisation médiévale ; Judaïsme / Europe / Histoire / Jusqu'à 1500 ; Juifs / Europe / Mœurs et coutumes / Jusqu'à 1500 ; Bible ; Bible / Old Testament ; Jewish way of life ; Jews ; Jews / Social life and customs ; Judaism ; Women in Judaism ; Women in the Bible ; Bibel Altes Testament ; Biblische Person ; Frau ; Rezeption ; Aschkenasim ; Jüdin ; Alltag ; Geschichte 900-1500
    Abstract: "In Biblical Women and Jewish Daily Life in the Middle Ages, Elisheva Baumgarten seeks a point of entry into the everyday existence of people who did not belong to the learned elite, and who therefore left no written records of their lives. She does so by turning to the Bible as it was read, reinterpreted, and seen by the Jews of medieval Ashkenaz. In the tellings, retellings, and illustrations of biblical stories, and especially of those centered around of women, Baumgarten writes, we can find explanations and validations for the practices that structured birth, marriage and death; women's inclusion in the liturgy and synagogue; and the roles of women as community leaders, givers of charity, and keepers of the household. Each of the book's chapters concentrates on a single figure or a cluster of biblical women-Eve, the Matriarchs, Deborah, Yael, Abigail, and Jephthah's daughter-to explore aspects of the domestic and communal lives of Northern French and German Jews living among Christians in urban settings. Running throughout the book are more than forty vivid medieval illuminations, most reproduced in color, that help convey to modern readers what medieval people could have known visually about these biblical stories"--
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  • 3
    Book
    Book
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
    ISBN: 9781512822748
    Language: English
    Pages: x, 291 Seiten
    Year of publication: 2022
    Series Statement: Jewish culture and contexts
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Dauber, Jonathan Secrecy and Esoteric Writing in Kabbalistic Literature
    DDC: 296.1/609
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    Keywords: Cabala History ; Secrecy Religious aspects ; Judaism ; Jewish literature History and criticism ; Mysticism Judaism To 1500 ; History ; Secrecy in literature ; Judaism History Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 ; Avraham ben Daṿid mi-Posḳir ; Yitsḥaḳ Sagi Nahor 1165-1235 ; Ezra ben Solomon -1238 ; Ǎšēr ben Dāwid ; Untergrundliteratur ; Kabbala
    Abstract: "This book examines the strategies of esoteric writing that Kabbalists have used to conceal secrets in their writings, such that casual readers will only understand the surface meaning of their texts while those with greater insight will grasp the internal meaning. In addition to a broad description of esoteric writing throughout the long literary history of Kabbalah, this work analyzes kabbalistic secrecy in light of contemporary theories of secrecy. It also presents case studies of esoteric writing in the work of four of the first Kabbalistic authors and thereby helps recast our understanding of the earliest stages of kabbalistic literary history. The book will interest scholars in Jewish mysticism and Jewish philosophy, as well as to those working in medieval Jewish history. Throughout the book, author Jonathan V. Dauber has endeavored to write an accessible work that does not require extensive prior knowledge of kabbalistic thought. Accordingly, it finds points of contact between scholars of various religious traditions"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 4
    Book
    Book
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
    ISBN: 9781512822748
    Language: English
    Pages: x, 291 Seiten
    Year of publication: 2022
    Series Statement: Jewish culture and contexts
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 296.1/609
    RVK:
    Keywords: Cabala History ; Secrecy Religious aspects ; Judaism ; Jewish literature History and criticism ; Mysticism Judaism To 1500 ; History ; Secrecy in literature ; Judaism History Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 ; Avraham ben Daṿid mi-Posḳir ca. 1125-1198 ; Yitsḥaḳ 〈〈Sagi Nahor〉〉 1165-1235 ; Ezra ben Solomon -1238 ; Ǎšēr ben Dāwid ca. 13. Jh. ; Untergrundliteratur ; Kabbala
    Abstract: "This book examines the strategies of esoteric writing that Kabbalists have used to conceal secrets in their writings, such that casual readers will only understand the surface meaning of their texts while those with greater insight will grasp the internal meaning. In addition to a broad description of esoteric writing throughout the long literary history of Kabbalah, this work analyzes kabbalistic secrecy in light of contemporary theories of secrecy. It also presents case studies of esoteric writing in the work of four of the first Kabbalistic authors and thereby helps recast our understanding of the earliest stages of kabbalistic literary history. The book will interest scholars in Jewish mysticism and Jewish philosophy, as well as to those working in medieval Jewish history. Throughout the book, author Jonathan V. Dauber has endeavored to write an accessible work that does not require extensive prior knowledge of kabbalistic thought. Accordingly, it finds points of contact between scholars of various religious traditions"--
    Note: Enthält Literaturverzeichnis auf Seite 265-282
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  • 5
    Book
    Book
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
    ISBN: 9781512823370
    Language: English
    Pages: 228 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Edition: 1st edition
    Year of publication: 2022
    Series Statement: Jewish culture and contexts
    DDC: 152.14/5
    Keywords: Blue ; Colors Religious aspects ; History ; Colors Social aspects ; History ; Symbolism of colors History ; Tekhelet (Dye) ; Dyes and dyeing Religious aspects ; Judaism ; Judaism Customs and practices ; History ; Mysticism Judaism ; History
    Abstract: "Are there Jewish colors? This book examines the changing roles and meanings of the color blue in Jewish life. The book demonstrates how the specific color has constituted a means through which Jews have understood themselves throughout history"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 6
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    Online Resource
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
    ISBN: 9780812297997
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrationen
    Edition: [Online-Ausgabe]
    Year of publication: 2021
    Series Statement: The Middle Ages Series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Karras, Ruth Mazo, 1957 - Thou art the man
    Keywords: Masculinity Religious aspects To 1500 ; Christianity ; History ; Masculinity Religious aspects To 1500 ; Judaism ; History ; Masculinity History To 1500 ; HISTORY / Medieval ; Gender Studies ; History ; Medieval and Renaissance Studies ; Religion ; Religious Studies ; Women's Studies ; David Israel, König ; Motiv ; Europa ; Bibel ; Talmud ; Kommentar ; Volksliteratur ; Liturgie ; Kunst ; Geschichte 800-1500 ; Mann ; Männlichkeit ; Liebe ; Freundschaft ; Vaterschaft ; Sünde ; Sexualität ; Geschichte 800-1500
    Abstract: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. David His Tens of Thousands: Prowess and Piety -- Chapter 2. Surpassing the Love of Women: Love, Friendship, Loyalty Between Men -- Chapter 3. I Have Sinned Against the Lord: Sex and Penitenc -- Chapter 4. With Sacred Music upon the Harp: Creativity and Ecstasy -- Chapter 5. O My Son Absalom: Establishing a Dynasty -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
    Abstract: "How do we approach the study of masculinity in the past?" Ruth Mazo Karras asks. Medieval documents that have come down to us tell a great deal about the things that men did, but not enough about what they did specifically as men, or what these practices meant to them in terms of masculinity. Yet no less than in our own time, masculinity was a complicated construct in the Middle Ages.In Thou Art the Man, Karras focuses on one figure, King David, who was important in both Christian and Jewish medieval cultures, to show how he epitomized many and sometimes contradictory aspects of masculine identity. For late medieval Christians, he was one of the Nine Worthies, held up as a model of valor and virtue; for medieval Jews, he was the paradigmatic king, not just a remnant of the past, but part of a living heritage. In both traditions he was warrior, lover, and friend, founder of a dynasty and a sacred poet. But how could an exemplar of virtue also be a murderer and adulterer? How could a physical weakling be a great warrior? How could someone whose claim to the throne was not dynastic be a key symbol of the importance of dynasty? And how could someone who dances with slaves be noble?Exploring the different configurations of David in biblical and Talmudic commentaries, in Latin, Hebrew, and vernacular literatures across Europe, in liturgy, and in the visual arts, Thou Art the Man offers a rich case study of how ideas and ideals of masculinity could bend to support a variety of purposes within and across medieval cultures
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 161 - 293 , Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. , In English
    URL: Cover
    URL: Cover
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  • 7
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    Online Resource
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
    ISBN: 9780812296730
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (248 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Year of publication: 2020
    Series Statement: The Middle Ages Series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tartakoff, Paola, 1978 - Conversion, circumcision, and ritual murder in medieval Europe
    Keywords: Antisemitism History To 1500 ; Blood accusation History To 1500 ; Christianity and other religions Judaism To 1500 ; History ; Circumcision Religious aspects To 1500 ; Christianity ; History ; Circumcision Religious aspects To 1500 ; Judaism ; History ; Conversion History To 1500 ; Judaism Relations To 1500 ; Christianity ; History ; HISTORY / Medieval ; Beschneidung ; Ritualmord ; Konversion ; Judentum ; Christentum ; Geschichte 1200-1300
    Abstract: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Usage -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Christian Vulnerabilities -- Chapter 2. From Circumcision to Ritual Murder -- Chapter 3. Christian Conversion to Judaism -- Chapter 4. Return to Judaism -- Chapter 5. Contested Children -- Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
    Abstract: In 1230, Jews in the English city of Norwich were accused of having seized and circumcised a five-year-old Christian boy named Edward because they "wanted to make him a Jew." Contemporaneous accounts of the "Norwich circumcision case," as it came to be called, recast this episode as an attempted ritual murder. Contextualizing and analyzing accounts of this event and others, with special attention to the roles of children, Paola Tartakoff sheds new light on medieval Christian views of circumcision. She shows that Christian characterizations of Jews as sinister agents of Christian apostasy belonged to the same constellation of anti-Jewish libels as the notorious charge of ritual murder. Drawing on a wide variety of Jewish and Christian sources, Tartakoff investigates the elusive backstory of the Norwich circumcision case and exposes the thirteenth-century resurgence of Christian concerns about formal Christian conversion to Judaism. In the process, she elucidates little-known cases of movement out of Christianity and into Judaism, as well as Christian anxieties about the instability of religious identity.Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder in Medieval Europe recovers the complexity of medieval Jewish-Christian conversion and reveals the links between religious conversion and mounting Jewish-Christian tensions. At the same time, Tartakoff does not lose sight of the mystery surrounding the events that spurred the Norwich circumcision case, and she concludes the book by offering a solution of her own. She posits that Christians and Jews understood these events in fundamentally irreconcilable ways, illustrating the chasm that separated Christians and Jews in a world in which some Christians and Jews knew each other intimately
    Note: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. , In English
    URL: Cover
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  • 8
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
    ISBN: 9780812297058
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (408 p)
    Edition: [Online-Ausgabe]
    Year of publication: 2020
    Series Statement: Jewish Culture and Contexts
    Keywords: Mysticism Judaism ; Language and languages Religious aspects ; Judaism ; Hasidism ; RELIGION / Judaism / General
    Abstract: A study of the life and work of 'the Maggid"—a major figure in the mystical thought of early HasidismEnshrined in Jewish memory simply as "the Maggid" (preacher), Rabbi Dov Ber Friedman of Mezritsh (1704-1772) played a critical role in the formation of Hasidism, the movement of mystical renewal that became one of the most important and successful forces in modern Jewish life. In Speaking Infinities, Ariel Evan Mayse turns to the homilies of the Maggid to explore the place of words in mystical experience. He argues that the Maggid's theory of language is the key to unpacking his abstract mystical theology as well as his teachings on the devotional life and religious practice.Mayse shows how Dov Ber's vision of language emerges from his encounters with Ba'al Shem Tov (the BeSHT), the founder of Hasidic Judaism, whose teaching put forward a vision of radical divine immanence. Taking the BeSHT's notion of God's immanence as a kind of linguistic vitality echoing in the cosmos, Dov Ber developed a theory of language in which all human tongues, even in their mundane forms, have the potential to become sacred when returned to their divine source.Analyzing homilies and theological meditations on language, Mayse demonstrates that Dov Ber was an innovative thinker and contends that, in many respects, it was Dov Ber, rather than the BeSHT, who was the true founder of Hasidism as it took root, and the foremost shaper of its early theology. Speaking Infinities offers an exploration of this introspective mystic's life, gleaned from scattered anecdotes, legends, and historical sources, distinguishing the historical personage from the figure that emerges from the composite array of textual and oral traditions that have shaped the memory of the Maggid and his legacy
    Abstract: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration and Style -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Life of the Maggid -- Chapter 2. Sacred Words -- Chapter 3. From Speech to Silence -- Chapter 4. Letters, Creation, and the Divine Mind -- Chapter 5. The Nature of Torah and Revelation -- Chapter 6. Study and the Sacred Text -- Chapter 7. The Languages of Prayer -- Epilogue. Moving Mountains -- Appendix. The Sources: A Bibliographic Excursus -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
    Note: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. , In English
    URL: Cover
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  • 9
    Book
    Book
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
    ISBN: 9780812250039 , 0812250036 , 9781512825473
    Language: English
    Pages: vi, 242 Seiten , 24 cm
    Year of publication: 2018
    Series Statement: Haney foundation series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Goldman, Samuel God's country
    Keywords: Christian Zionism History ; United States ; Christianity and other religions Judaism ; History ; United States ; Judaism Relations ; Christianity ; History ; United States ; Religion and politics History ; United States ; Christian Zionism ; Christianity ; Interfaith relations ; Judaism ; Religion and politics ; Christianity and other religions Judaism ; United States ; Judaism Relations ; Christianity ; United States ; Zionism United States ; 15.85 history of America United States ; United States ; USA ; Evangelikale Bewegung ; Zionismus
    Abstract: "The United States is Israel's closest ally in the world. The fact is undeniable, and undeniably controversial, not least because it so often inspires conspiracy theorizing among those who refuse to believe that the special relationship serves America's strategic interests or places the United States on the right side of Israel's enduring conflict with the Palestinians. Some point to the nefarious influence of a powerful "Israel lobby" within the halls of Congress. Others detect the hand of evangelical Protestants who fervently support Israel for their own theological reasons. The underlying assumption of all such accounts is that America's support for Israel must flow from a mixture of collusion, manipulation, and ideologically driven foolishness. Samuel Goldman proposes another explanation. The political culture of the United States, he argues, has been marked from the very beginning by a Christian theology that views the American nation as deeply implicated in the historical fate of biblical Israel. God's Country is the first book to tell the complete story of Christian Zionism in American political and religious thought from the Puritans to 9/11. It identifies three sources of American Christian support for a Jewish state: covenant, or the idea of an ongoing relationship between God and the Jewish people; prophecy, or biblical predictions of return to The Promised Land; and cultural affinity, based on shared values and similar institutions. Combining original research with insights from the work of historians of American religion, Goldman crafts a provocative narrative that chronicles Americans' attachment to the State of Israel"--jacket flaps
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-233) and index
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  • 10
    Book
    Book
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
    ISBN: 9780812243390
    Language: English
    Pages: 256 S.
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Year of publication: 2011
    Series Statement: Divinations : rereading late ancient religion
    DDC: 296.3/16
    RVK:
    Keywords: Geschichte 100-500 ; Judentum ; Religion ; Yetzer hara (Judaism) ; Good and evil Religious aspects ; Judaism ; Rabbinismus ; Jüdische Theologie ; Das Böse ; Theologische Anthropologie ; Das Böse ; Theologische Anthropologie ; Jüdische Theologie ; Rabbinismus ; Geschichte 100-500
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 11
    ISBN: 9780812240115
    Language: English
    Pages: viii, 314 Seiten
    Year of publication: 2007
    Series Statement: Jewish culture and contexts
    Uniform Title: Ha- Tsenzor, ha-orekh ṿeha-ṭeḳsṭ
    DDC: 303.3/76089924
    RVK:
    Keywords: Katholische Kirche ; Catholic Church History 16th century ; Catholic Church Relations 16th century ; Judaism ; History ; Katholische Kirche ; Geschichte 1500-1600 ; Geschichte 1500-1600 ; Canon ; Censuur ; Jodendom ; Rooms-Katholieke Kerk ; Christentum ; Geschichte ; Judentum ; Religion ; Censorship Religious aspects 16th century ; Christianity ; History ; Censorship History 16th century ; Judaism Relations 16th century ; Catholic Church ; History ; Expurgated books History 16th century ; Zensur ; Jüdische Literatur ; Italien ; Katholische Kirche ; Jüdische Literatur ; Zensur ; Geschichte 1500-1600
    Abstract: By bringing together two apparently unrelated issues - the role of censorship in the creation of print culture and the place of Jewish culture within the context of Christian society - the author advances a new outlook on both, allowing each to be examined through the conceptual framework usually reserved for the other.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index
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