TY - BOOK ID - 144907310 TI - The Jewish Middle Ages. PY - 2023 SN - 1628374721 PB - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, DB - UniCat KW - Religion. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:144907310 AB - For many, the Middle Ages in general evokes a sense of thesinister and brings to mind a world of fear, superstition, andreligious fanaticism. For Jews it was a period marked bypersecutions, pogroms, and expulsions. Yet at the same time, theMiddle Ages was also a time of lively cultural exchange andheightened creativity for Jews. In
The Jewish Middle Ages
,contributors explore the ways in which the stories of biblicalwomen, including, Eve, Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Zipporah, Ruth,Esther, and Judith, make their way into the rich tapestry ofmedieval Jewish literature, mystical texts, and art, particularlyin works emanating from Ashkenazic circles. Contributors includeCarol Bakhos, Judith R. Baskin, Elisheva Baumgarten, DagmarBörner-Klein, Constanza Cordoni, Rachel Elior, Meret Gutmann-Grün,Robert A. Harris, Yuval Katz-Wilfing, Sheila Tuller Keiter, KatrinKogman-Appel, Gerhard Langer, Aurora Salvatierra Ossorio, andFelicia Waldman. These essays give us a glimpse into the role womenplayed and the authority they assumed in medieval Jewish culturebeyond the rabbinic centers of Palestine and Babylonia. ER -