مؤلف: Ivan G. Marcus

In this original and sweeping review of Jewish culture and history, Ivan Marcus examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and p …

Composed in Germany in the early thirteenth century by Judah ben Samuel he-hasid, Sefer Hasidim, or ‘Book of the Pietists, ‘ is a compendium of religious instruction that portrays the everyday life o …

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In medieval times, when a Jewish boy of five began religious schooling, he was carried from home to a teacher and placed on the teacher’s lap. He was then asked to recite the Hebrew alphabet and lick …

These studies explore the history of the Jewish minority of Ashkenaz (northern France and the German Empire) during the High Middle Ages. Although the Jews in medieval Europe are usually thought to h …

These studies explore the history of the Jewish minority of Ashkenaz (northern France and the German Empire) during the High Middle Ages. Although the Jews in medieval Europe are usually thought to h …

An examination of how the Jews—real and imagined—so challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new ways In mediev …