Practicing piety in medieval Ashkenaz : men, women, and everyday religious observance /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baumgarten, Elisheva (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Series:Jewish culture and contexts.
Subjects:
To 1500
Judaism > Europe > History > To 1500.
Jewish way of life > History > To 1500.
Ashkenazim > History > To 1500.
Hasidism, Medieval.
Jews > Europe > Social life and customs > To 1500.
Jews > France > Social life and customs > History > To 1500.
Jews > Germany > Social life and customs > History > To 1500.
Judaism > Relations > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Christianity and other religions > Judaism > History > To 1500.
Judaïsme > Europe > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Hassidisme médiéval.
Juifs > Europe > Mœurs et coutumes > Jusqu'à 1500.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Ashkenazim.
Christianity.
Interfaith relations.
Jewish way of life.
Jews > Social life and customs.
Judaism.
Europe.
France.
Germany.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Standing before God: purity and impurity in the synagogue
  • Jewish fasting and atonement in a Christian context
  • Communal charity: evidence from Medieval Nürnberg
  • Positive time-bound commandments: class, gender, and transformation
  • Conspicuous in the city: Medieval Jews in urban centers
  • Feigning piety: tracing two tales of pious pretenders
  • Practicing piety: social and comparative perspectives.

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