The Jews of northern France, Germany, and England, known
collectively as Ashkenazic Jewry, have commanded the attention of
scholars since the beginnings of modern Jewish historiography. Over
the past century, historians have produced significant studies
about Jewish society in medieval Ashkenaz that have revealed them
as a well-organized, creative, and steadfast community. Indeed, the
Franco-Russian Jewry withstood a variety of physical, political,
and religious attacks in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries to
produce an impressive corpus of Talmudic and halakhic compositions,
known collectively as Tosafot, that revolutionized the study of
rabbinic literature. Although the literary creativity of the
Tosafists has been documented and analyzed, and the scope and
policies of communal government in Ashkenaz have been fixed and
compared, no sustained attempt has been made to integrate these
crucial dimensions. Jewish Education and Society in the High Middle
Ages considers these relationships by examining the degree of
communal involvement in the educational process, as well as the
economic theories and communal structures that affected the process
from the most elementary level to the production of the Tosafist
corpus. By drawing parallels and highlighting differences to
pre-Crusade Ashkenaz, the period following the Black Death, Spanish
and Provencal Jewish society, and general medieval society, Ephraim
Kanarfogel creates an insightful and compelling portrait of
Ashkenazic society. Available in paperback for the first time with
a new preface included, Jewish Education and Society in the High
Middle Ages will be a welcome addition to the libraries of Jewish
studies scholars and students of medieval religious literature.
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