Yeshivot: Medieval

Abstract

Every major Jewish center during the Middle Ages boasted a network of talmudic academies. The differences between the centers had to do mostly with the means by which these yeshivot were sustained, the relationship between the yeshivot and the communities including the rights and prerogatives of the academy heads, the contents of the curriculum, and the level of the students. Complicating the picture is the fact that smaller or more informal study halls or adult groups, taught by lesser known figures, often functioned in the same locale or region as more formal or better known yeshivot. (from Introduction)