The Social Life Of The Jews Of Northern France In The Xii Xiv Centuries As Reflected In The Rabbinical Literature Of The Period

Author : Louis Isaac Rabinowitz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Life of the Jews of Northern France in the XII-XIV Centuries, as Reflected in the Rabbinical Literature of the Period written by Louis Isaac Rabinowitz and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dr Anna Brechta Sapir Abulafia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134990251
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance written by Dr Anna Brechta Sapir Abulafia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twelfth century was a period of rapid change in Europe. The intellectual landscape was being transformed by new access to classical works through non-Christian sources. The Christian church was consequently trying to strengthen its control over the priesthood and laity and within the church a dramatic spiritual renewal was taking place. Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance reveals the consequences for the only remaining non-Christian minority in the heartland of Europe: the Jews. Anna Abulafia probes the anti-Jewish polemics of scholars who used the new ideas to redefine the position of the Jews within Christian society. They argued that the Jews had a different capacity for reason since they had not reached the 'right' conclusion - Christianity. They formulated a universal construct of humanity which coincided with universal Christendom, from which the Jews were excluded. Dr Abulafia shows how the Jews' exclusion from this view of society contributed to their growing marginalization from the twelfth century onwards. Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance is important reading for all students and teachers of medieval history and theology, and for all those with an interest in Jewish history.

Author : Abraham J Edelheit
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000302776
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewish World In Modern Times written by Abraham J Edelheit and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The momentous events of modern Jewish history have led to a proliferation of books and articles on Jewish life over the last 350 years. Placing modern Jewish history into both universal and local contexts, this selected, annotated bibliography organizes and categorizes the best of this vast array of written material. The authors have included all English-language books of major importance on world Jewry and on individual Jewish communities, plus books most readily available to researchers and readers, and a select number of pamphlets and articles. The resulting bibliography is also a guide to recent Jewish historiography and research methods.

Author : Jeffrey S. Gurock
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253111609
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judaism's Encounter with American Sports written by Jeffrey S. Gurock and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-31 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judaism's Encounter with American Sports examines how sports entered the lives of American Jewish men and women and how the secular values of sports threatened religious identification and observance. What do Jews do when a society -- in this case, a team -- "chooses them in," but demands commitments that clash with ancestral ties and practices? Jeffrey S. Gurock uses the experience of sports to illuminate an important mode of modern Jewish religious conflict and accommodation to America. He considers the defensive strategies American Jewish leaders have employed in response to sports' challenges to identity, such as using temple and synagogue centers, complete with gymnasiums and swimming pools, to attract the athletically inclined to Jewish life. Within the suburban frontiers of post--World War II America, sports-minded modern Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform rabbis competed against one another for the allegiances of Jewish athletes and all other Americanized Jews. In the present day, tensions among Jewish movements are still played out in the sports arena. Today, in a mostly accepting American society, it is easy for sports-minded Jews to assimilate completely, losing all regard for Jewish ties. At the same time, a very tolerant America has enabled Jews to succeed in the sports world, while keeping faith with Jewish traditions. Gurock foregrounds his engaging book against his own experiences as a basketball player, coach, and marathon runner. By using the metaphor of sports, Judaism's Encounter with American Sports underscores the basic religious dilemmas of our day.

Author : Rita Copeland
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198184768
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Medieval Literatures written by Rita Copeland and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New annual of work on the textual cultures of medieval Europe and beyond. Volume 2 focuses on continental European literatures as well as Anglo-Norman and Anglo-Latin writings, and provides exemplification of work on earlier periods.

Author : Michael Schraer
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004392386
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Stake in the Ground: Jews and Property Investment in the Medieval Crown of Aragon written by Michael Schraer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Stake in the Ground, Michael Schraer challenges the traditional view of medieval Jews as money-lenders and merchants, finding property trading and investment to be an essential part of their economic activities in the crown of Aragon.

Author : Salo Wittmayer Baron
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231088480
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Social and Religious History of the Jews: Late Middle Ages and the era of European expansion, 1200-1650 written by Salo Wittmayer Baron and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1967-06 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do smokers claim that the first cigarette of the day is the best? What is the biological basis behind some heavy drinkers' belief that the "hair-of-the-dog" method alleviates the effects of a hangover? Why does marijuana seem to affect ones problem-solving capacity? Intoxicating Minds is, in the author's words, "a grand excavation of drug myth." Neither extolling nor condemning drug use, it is a story of scientific and artistic achievement, war and greed, empires and religions, and lessons for the future. Ciaran Regan looks at each class of drugs, describing the historical evolution of their use, explaining how they work within the brain's neurophysiology, and outlining the basic pharmacology of those substances. From a consideration of the effect of stimulants, such as caffeine and nicotine, and the reasons and consequences of their sudden popularity in the seventeenth century, the book moves to a discussion of more modern stimulants, such as cocaine and ecstasy. In addition, Regan explains how we process memory, the nature of thought disorders, and therapies for treating depression and schizophrenia. Regan then considers psychedelic drugs and their perceived mystical properties and traces the history of placebos to ancient civilizations. Finally, Intoxicating Minds considers the physical consequences of our co-evolution with drugs -- how they have altered our very being -- and offers a glimpse of the brave new world of drug therapies.

Author : Emily Taitz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313031274
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jews of Medieval France written by Emily Taitz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1994-11-21 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the Jewish community of Champagne from the fifth century to the expulsion of 1306. It documents the growth and decline of the community, examines its interrelationships with the larger Christian culture, and presents a model for the study of other communities. The economic and political consolidation of the county, coupled with the development of Jewish self-government and a system of education in Talmudic law, were important factors in the growth of Champagne's Jewish community. The subsequent decline of the community in the mid-13th century was also attributable to economic and political factors, as well as a growing church influence. The Jews of Medieval France: The Community of Champagne also offers an in-depth analysis of women's place in the Jewish and gentile worlds of medieval France. Details and comparisons of women's status within the family and in business, and examples of attitudes toward women in literature and law are all thoroughly integrated into the text.

Author : Leonard B. Glick
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815627791
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abraham's Heirs written by Leonard B. Glick and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonard B. Glick recounts the history of the Ashkenazic Jewish experience in medieval western Europe from the fifth to fifteenth centuries, focusing on interaction between Jews and Christians during this vital formative period. He demonstrates that Ashkenazic Jewish culture was profoundly shaped and conditioned by life in an overwhelmingly Christian society. Drawing on diverse Christian documents, he portrays Christian beliefs about medieval Jews and Judaism with a degree of detail seldom found in Jewish histories. Emphasizing social, political, and economic history, but also discussing religious topics, Glick describes the evolution of a complex, inherently unequal relationship. Because the Ashkenazic Jews of medieval Europe were ancestral to almost the entire Jewish population of eastern Europe, their historical experience played a major role in the heritage of most Jewish Americans.

Author : Hanne Trautner-Kromann
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161459955
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shield and Sword written by Hanne Trautner-Kromann and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 1993 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: