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Title: | From Germany to Northern France and Back Again: A Tale of Two Tosafist Centres. |
Authors: | Kanarfogel, Ephraim Kanarfogel, Ephraim Fishman, Talya Castaño, Javier, |
Keywords: | tosafist centres Jewish history Jews in medieval France Jews in medieval Germany medieval Ashkenaz |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | London : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization ; Liverpool : in association with Liverpool University Press |
Citation: | Kanarfogel, Ephraim. From Germany to Northern France and Back Again: A Tale of Two Tosafist Centres. n Talya Fishman and Ephraim Kanarfogel, eds., Regional Identities and Cultures of Medieval Jews (Oxford: Littman Library, 2018), 149-171. |
Abstract: | "Though the existence of Jewish regional cultures is widely known, the origins of the most prominent groups, Ashkenaz and Sepharad, are poorly understood, and the rich variety of other regional Jewish identities is often overlooked. Yet all these subcultures emerged in the Middle Ages. Scholars contributing to the present study were invited to consider how such regional identities were fashioned, propagated, reinforced, contested, and reshaped--and to reflect on the developments, events, or encounters that made these identities manifest. They were asked to identify how subcultural identities proved to be useful, and the circumstances in which they were deployed. The resulting volume spans the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, and explores Jewish cultural developments in western Europe, the Balkans, North Africa, and Asia Minor. In its own way, each contribution considers factors--demographic, geographical, historical, economic, political, institutional, legal, intellectual, theological, cultural, and even biological--that led medieval Jews to conceive of themselves, or to be perceived by others, as bearers of a discrete Jewish regional identity. Notwithstanding the singularity of each essay, they collectively attest to the inherent dynamism of Jewish regional identities" -- |
Description: | Scholarly book chapter |
URI: | https://www.academia.edu/36761029/Ephraim_Kanarfogel_From_Germany_to_Northern_France_and_Back_Again_A_Tale_of_Two_Tosafist_Centres_in_Talya_Fishman_and_Ephraim_Kanarfogel_eds_Regional_Identities_and_Cultures_of_Medieval_Jews_Oxford_Littman_Library_2018_149_171 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/6481 |
ISBN: | 9781786949905 |
Appears in Collections: | Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies (BRGS): Faculty Publications |
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