{"product_id":"jewish-education-and-society-in-ephraim-kanarfogel-9780814333686","title":"Jewish Education and Society in the High Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaperback edition of a favorite text on the literary creativity and communal involvement in the production of the Tosafist corpus.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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 Proven軋l Jewish society, and general medieval society, Ephraim Kanarfogel creates an insightful and compelling portrait of Ashkenazic society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ephraim Kanarfogel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814333680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814333686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Ephraim Kanarfogel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059837038847,"sku":"9780814333686","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c6afc2a-ecb2-413f-aaeb-aa54fa153b6b.jpg?v=1685060609","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jewish-education-and-society-in-ephraim-kanarfogel-9780814333686","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}