The Jews of Provence and Languedoc by Ben-Shalom, Ram

The Jews of Provence and Languedoc

This exhaustive history of Proven?al Jewry examines the key aspects of Jewish life in Provence--cultural, religious, political,...
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Author: Ram Ben-Shalom
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The Jews of Provence and Languedoc by Ben-Shalom, Ram

The Jews of Provence and Languedoc

€455,24

The Jews of Provence and Languedoc

€455,24
Author: Ram Ben-Shalom
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This exhaustive history of Proven?al Jewry examines the key aspects of Jewish life in Provence--cultural, religious, political, economic, and literary--over some 1,500 years. The Jewish response to the Albigensian Crusade, the annexation of Languedoc by the Kingdom of France, and other historical events was an unprecedented cultural florescence that was to have far-reaching and enduring consequences. Crucially, it was in Provence that philosophical and scientific works were first translated from Arabic to Hebrew, allowing the Jews of Christian Europe to absorb and assimilate the achievements of the Jews of Muslim Spain. The emergence in Provence of the Maimonidean-Aristotelian philosophical school sent spiritual shock waves throughout the Jewish world, and it was also in Provence that the first esoteric teachings of kabbalah emerged. But cultural innovations went beyond the religious and philosophical: secular Hebrew poetry written by Jewish troubadors offered a glimpse of Jewish merrymaking, romanticism, and eroticism that drew criticism from the rabbis, and even allowed women's voices to be assertively raised in the public sphere. First published in Hebrew in 2017 to scholarly acclaim, this is a seminal examination of the crucial role of the Jews of Provence in shaping medieval Jewish culture in the Mediterranean basin.



Author: Ram Ben-Shalom
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Published: 07/28/2024
Pages: 544
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781786941930

About the Author
Ram Ben-Shalom is Professor of the History of the Jewish People and head of the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Judaism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he is also director of the Hispania Judaica Center.

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