A Modern Dutch Master: Johan Huizinga’s Portrait of the Middle Ages
Daniel Woolf on Johan Huizinga The publication of a new translation of a book does not always receive the attention it merits, especially
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Beyond the Era of the Torah?
Nathaniel Berman on Moshe Halbertal Moshe Halbertal’s magisterial study appears to situate itself firmly among the decades-long challenges to Gershom Scholem’s most famous
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On Myths and Moneylenders
Rowan Dorin on The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender In the century following the Black Death, new Jewish communities sprang up in
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Jewish Moneylending? Questioning Paradigms, Shattering Myths
Julie Mell responds to the forum on The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender Eppur si muove – “And yet it moves . .
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The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender: A Forum
The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender: A Forum An Introduction Nina Caputo (University of Florida) Contributors Who Speaks for the Jews? Latin
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From Medieval Brilliance to Modern Beauty
Natalie Jones on the Melody of Love One of the most defining characteristics of medieval mystical writing is its use and style of
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Things Jewish: A View from Judeo-Arabic
Jonathan Decter on Boyarin’s Judaism In his current work, Carlo Ginzburg raises questions about “the emergence, between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, of
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Culturally Muslim in Medieval and Early Modern Spain
Abigail Agresta on Olivia Remie Constable’s To Live Like a Moor What does it mean to be Muslim? To be Christian? Do these identities consist
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The Staffordshire Hoard and the Distance of the Past
Samuel Collins on a dazzling trove of medieval treasure Early medieval archaeology rarely makes news. Star power rests instead with discoveries from the
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An Unreliable Alchemy
Irina Dumitrescu on the enchantment of books, early reading experiences, and the stories that shape us One day the world shifted, and no
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