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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463565303321

Autore

Kanarfogel Ephraim

Titolo

The intellectual history and rabbinic culture of medieval Ashkenaz [[electronic resource] /] / Ephraim Kanarfogel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c2013

ISBN

0-8143-3802-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (579 p.)

Disciplina

296.094/0902

Soggetti

Jewish learning and scholarship - Germany - History - To 1500

Jewish learning and scholarship - France, Northern - History - To 1500

Jews - Germany - Intellectual life - History - To 1500

Jews - France, Northern - Intellectual life - History - To 1500

Jewish religious eduction - France, Northern - History - To 1500

Jewish religious education - Germany - History - To 1500

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: regnant perceptions and empirical evidence -- Talmudic and halakhic studies: internal organization and societal models -- Tosafist biblical exegesis in northern France at the end of the twelfth century: between peshat and derash -- The contours of biblical interpretation during the early thirteenth century -- Interpretations for a varied audience through the thirteenth century -- Genres and strategies of piyyut composition among the Tosafists -- Magic and mysticism in Tosafist literature and thought -- Tosafist approaches to matters of belief and the implications for popular culture -- Conclusion: Ashkenazic rabbinic culture in its plenitude.