Jews and Judaism in World History
with instituting the morning service on the basis of a verse in Genesis, “Abraham arose early in the morning.” Elsewhere, the te ...
Gamaliel’s determination of the calendar, he was required to followed the latter’s calendar, and to eat and show up for work on ...
Moreover, Judah the Patriarch recognized the authority of the exilarch as higher even than his own, because of the exilarch’s Da ...
both sides of the apparent contradiction. At the same time, the principle hilchata ke-vatra-ei(literally, the law follows the la ...
these orifices should burst or become obstructed, it would not be possible to exist and stand reverently before God.” While deal ...
notably Judith Baskin, have noted that the rabbis fashioned a Jewish world that regarded men as the ideal and women as an inferi ...
non-rabbinic customs and practices, some of which predated the develop- ment of Rabbinic Judaism. In addition, in parts of the J ...
The emergence of Islam as a major western religion during the seventh cen- tury C.E. fundamentally altered the political and cul ...
been called into question, particularly in light of three episodes in the history of Jews in the Islamic world that contradict t ...
small part on non-religious considerations such as economic utility and political allegiance. The specific relationship between ...
Christians. In addition, while Byzantine Christians had to adapt to a second- class status after having been the dominant religi ...
This remarkable achievement was facilitated by the general mobility in the Abassid Empire, which allowed the gaonic leaders to s ...
underpinnings. For example, he explained why the Jewish belief in revela- tion did not belie the primacy of reason. Revelation, ...
maverick biblical interpretations of Anan ben David, an eighth-century member of the exilarch’s family. Anan articulated an alte ...
extended period of time, and where Jews were not the only religious minority. Yet the notion of a golden age for Jews in Muslim ...
armies advanced. Later, Spanish Christians would accuse Jews of betrayal, even though most Christians had fled before the Muslim ...
Ibn Saruk, Hasdai’s secretary, compiled the first Hebrew dictionary. Eventually he met a tragic end, when he was suspected of be ...
work of Sa’adia Gaon, Ibn Ezra composed one of the most elegant commen- taries on the Hebrew Bible. It combined mastery of rabbi ...
The collapse of Jewish life in Muslim Spain elicited three responses from the Jews, each of which reflected a distinct view of t ...
friendly demeanor gained him access to elite circles. He won an Ibn Ezra poem improvisation competition, and the admiration and ...
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