UID:
kobvindex_JMB00097549
Format:
334 Seiten
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Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9780812246407
Series Statement:
Jewish culture and contexts
Content:
Introduction Chapter 1. Standing Before God: Purity and Impurity in the Synagogue Chapter 2. Jewish Fasting and Atonement in a Christian Context Chapter 3. Communal Charity: Evidence from Medieval Nurnberg Chapter 4. Positive Time-Bound Commandments: Class, Gender, and Transformation Chapter 5. Conspicuous in the City: Medieval Jews in Urban Centers Chapter 6. Feigning Piety: Tracing Two Tales of Pious Pretenders Chapter 7. Practicing Piety: Social and Comparative Perspectives Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
Content:
Elisheva Baumgarten offers a fresh assessment of Jewish daily practices in medieval Ashkenaz. The first study to address the practices of men and women together, Baumgarten explores how Jews who were not learned alongside those who were expressed their convictions and reinforced their identities as Jews within a Christian world.
Language:
English
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