Judaism in Practice From the Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period
Lawrence Fine
- U.S.A. Princeton University Press 2001
- 537tr. paperback, illustrations 24cm
- Princeton Readings in Religions .
This collection of original materials provides a sweeping view of medieval and early modern Jewish ritual and religious practice. Including such diverse texts as ritual manuals, legal codes, mystical books, autobiographical writings, folk literature, and liturgical poetry, it testifies to the enormous variety of practices that characterized Judaism in the twelve hundred years between 600 and 1800 C.E. Its focus on religious practice and experience--how Judaism was actually lived by people from day to day--makes this anthology unique among the few sourcebooks available...
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Judaism -- History Women -- Middle East -- History Jewish Jews -- Social life and customs