| The Fabric of Religious Life in Medieval Ashkenaz (1000-1300): Creating Sacred Communities Contributor(s): Woolf, Jeffrey R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004300244 ISBN-13: 9789004300248 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 296.09 |
| LCCN: 2015018945 |
| Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéval |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.5" (1.19 lbs) 262 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Fabric of Religious Life in Medieval Ashkenaz, Jeffrey R. Woolf presents the first integrated presentation of the ideals and beliefs that comprised the self-image and worldview of Ashkenazic Jews in the Central and High Middle Ages (900-1300). Through careful examination of a wide range of sources (legal, customal, liturgical, artistic), Woolf shows how religious practice played a dual role in creating and sustaining Jewish life in a hostile environment. They instilled these values, and recast religious traditions to reflect them. The author demonstrates how hitherto underappreciated ideals such as Purity, Sanctity, and a palpable sense of Divine In-Dwelling played a central role in Ashkenazic religiousity and merged to form the texture, or the "Sacred Canopy," of their lives. |