TY - BOOK AU - Kanarfogel,Ephraim TI - The intellectual history and rabbinic culture of medieval Ashkenaz SN - 9780814338025 AV - BM85.G4 K355 2012 U1 - 296.094/0902 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Detroit PB - Wayne State University Press KW - Jewish religious education KW - Germany KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Jewish religious eduction KW - France, Northern KW - Jews KW - Intellectual life KW - Jewish learning and scholarship KW - RELIGION KW - Judaism KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: regnant perceptions and empirical evidence -- Talmudic and halakhic studies: internal organization and societal models -- Tosafist biblical exegesis in northern France at the end of the twelfth century: between peshat and derash -- The contours of biblical interpretation during the early thirteenth century -- Interpretations for a varied audience through the thirteenth century -- Genres and strategies of piyyut composition among the Tosafists -- Magic and mysticism in Tosafist literature and thought -- Tosafist approaches to matters of belief and the implications for popular culture -- Conclusion: Ashkenazic rabbinic culture in its plenitude UR - http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=3416570 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=698519 UR - http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814338025/ ER -