The fabric of religious life in medieval Ashkenaz (1000-1300) : : creating sacred communities / / by Jeffrey R. Woolf.
In The Fabric of Religious Life in Medieval Ashkenaz , Jeffrey R. Woolf presents the first integrated presentation of the ideals and beliefs that comprised the self-image and worldview of Ashkenazic Jews in the Central and High Middle Ages (900-1300). Through careful examination of a wide range of s...
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Superior document: | Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval ; v. 30 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill. c2015. |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Études sur le judaïsme médiéval
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Summary: | In The Fabric of Religious Life in Medieval Ashkenaz , Jeffrey R. Woolf presents the first integrated presentation of the ideals and beliefs that comprised the self-image and worldview of Ashkenazic Jews in the Central and High Middle Ages (900-1300). Through careful examination of a wide range of sources (legal, customal, liturgical, artistic), Woolf shows how religious practice played a dual role in creating and sustaining Jewish life in a hostile environment. They instilled these values, and recast religious traditions to reflect them. The author demonstrates how hitherto underappreciated ideals such as Purity, Sanctity, and a palpable sense of Divine In-Dwelling played a central role in Ashkenazic religiousity and merged to form the texture, or the \'Sacred Canopy,\' of their lives. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9004300252 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Jeffrey R. Woolf. |