Approaches to Judaism in Medieval times.
By: edited by David R. Blumenthal.
Contributors: Blumenthal, David R.
Series: Brown Judaic studies -- no 57
Publisher: Scholars Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Chico, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780891308485; 9780891308492
Subjects: Judaism -- History -- Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789.; Jews -- History -- 70-1789.; Judaism -- Controversial literature -- History and criticism.; Christianity and antisemitism.
Genres: Controversial literature
Description: Addresses various topics in Judaism in the Middle Ages: attitudes toward children, Responsa, Ashkenazic Jews, Leon Modena, rabbinic power in 14th century France, Islamic and Jewish mysticism, and more.
Table of contents: value: Attitudes toward childhood and children in medieval Jewish society / Ephraim Kanarfogel; value: The modern study of responsa / Peter Haas; value: Yiddish and the settlement history of Ashkenazic Jews / Alice Faber and Robert King; value: New light on the life and writings of Leon Modena / Howard Adelman; value: Maimonides on mind and metaphoric language / David R. Blumenthal; value: Royal power and Rabbinic authority in fourteenth century France / Roger Kohn; value: "The Eastern dawn of wisdom": the problem of the relationship between Islamic and Jewish mysticism / David Ariel; value: The Haqdamah of Immanuel of Rome to the Book of Ruth / Murray Rosenthal.