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The Intellectual History and Rabbinic Culture of Medieval Ashkenaz (Hardcover)
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The Intellectual History and Rabbinic Culture of Medieval Ashkenaz (Hardcover)
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In The Intellectual History and Rabbinic Culture of Medieval
Ashkenaz, author Ephraim Kanarfogel challenges the dominant
perception that medieval Ashkenazic rabbinic scholarship was
lacking in intellectualism or broad scholarly interests. While
cultural interaction between Jews and Christians in western Europe
was less than that of Sephardic Jews, Kanarfogel's study shows that
the intellectual interests of Ashkenazic rabbinic figures were much
broader than Talmudic studies alone. Kanarfogel begins by
highlighting several factors that have contributed to relatively
narrow perceptions of Ashkenazic rabbinic culture and argues that
the Tosafists, and Ashkenazic rabbinic scholarship more generally,
advocated a wide definition of the truths that could be discovered
through Torah study. He explores differences in talmudic and
halakhic studies between the Tosafist centers of northern France
and Germany, delves into aspects of biblical interpretation in each
region, and identifies important Tosafists and rabbinic figures.
Kanarfogel also examines the composition of liturgical poetry
(piyyut) by Tosafists, interest in forms of (white) magic and
mysticism on the part of a number of northern French Tosafists, and
a spectrum of views on the question of anthropomorphism and
messianism. Overall, Kanarfogel demonstrates that the approach
taken by Tosafists was broader, more open, and more
multi-disciplinary than previously considered. Medieval and Jewish
history scholars will appreciate Kanarfogel's volume, which is the
culmination of several decades of research on the subject.
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