Jewish communal autonomy and institutional memory in Venetian Crete : : a study of Takkanot Kandiyah / / by Martin Borýsek.
"In the first book-length study of Takkanot Kandiyah, Martin Bory´sek analyses this fascinating corpus of Hebrew texts written between 1228 -1583 by the leaders of the Jewish community in Candia, the capital of Venetian Crete. Collected in the 16th century by the Cretan Jewish historian Elijah...
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| Superior document: | Studies in Jewish history and culture ; volume 75 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Jewish history and culture ;
volume 75. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Takkanot Kandiyah - an overview
- Language and style
- Takkanot Kandiyah and Takkanot ha-Kahal
- Takkanot Kandiyah and its authors
- The Candia of Takkanot Kandiyah
- Takkanot Kandiyah and the realm of sanctity
- Takkanot Kandiyah as a corpus of civil legislation
- Legislating Jewish Candia - Takkanot Kandiyah and the administration of the Jewish community
- The Takkanot of Jewish Candia as a guardian of the community's ethos
- Conclusion : cultivating authority and protecting continuity of in the Jewish communal existence in venetian Candia.