Practicing piety in medieval ashkenaz : men, women, and everyday religious observance /
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 ass...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
Publication Dates: |
[2015] ©2015 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Jewish culture and contexts
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Summary: |
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 ass Jews within a Christian world. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | 17 illus. |
ISBN: | 9780812290127 |
Index Number: | BM290 |
CLC: | B985 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 N rnberg -- 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. |