The Jew in the Medieval World: A Source Book, 315-1791

Jacob Rader Marcus

Hebrew Union College Press, 1999 - History - 570 pages

First published in 1938, Jacob Rader Marcus's classic source book presents 137 documents that deal with individual Jews and the Jewish community during the Jewish Middle Ages. The Jew in the Medieval World is unique for its sweeping view of Jewish historical experience from late antiquity until modern times, with introductions and annotations that make those sources accessible to the general reader. For this new edition, Marc Saperstein has updated Marcus's ninety-six bibliographies, providing references to the most recent scholarly research on each topic. In his cogent introduction, Saperstein analyzes and evaluates Marcus's decision regarding periodization, organization, and inclusion. In so doing, he offers valuable insights about the implications of those decisions for our own understanding of Jewish history.

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Contents

• Julian and the Jews 361363: 9
• The Jews of Spain and the Visigothic Code 654681: 22
• The Charter of the Jews of the Duchy of Austria 1244: 31
• Medieval Spanish Law and the Jews: 38
• St Louis and the Jews before 1270: 46
• The Black Death and the Jews 13481349: 49
• An Oath Taken by Jews about 1392: 56
• The Massacre of the New Christians of Lisbon 1506: 65
• A Petition for the Readmission of the Jews to England: 76
• The Readmission of the Jews into Brandenburg 1671: 86
• Rhode Island Refuses to Naturalize Aaron Lopez 1762: 92
• The Council of Elvira about 300: 113
• St Ambrose and the Jews 388: 120
• The Crusaders in Mayence 1096: 128
• The Accusation of the Ritual Murder of St William: 135
• The Ritual Murder Accusation at Blois 1171: 142
• Innocent and the Jews 1215: 153
• The Jewess Who Became a Catholic about 12 20: 159
• A Bull of Pope Gregory X 1272: 169
• Reuchlins Appeal to Bonetto de Lattes 1513: 178
• Martin Luther and the Jews 15231543: 185
• The Burning of the Talmud in Italy 1553: 191
• The Martyrdom of the Reizes Brothers 1728: 202
• Jewish Autonomy in Babylon about 1168: 209
• Sumptuary and Other Police Laws 14161740: 219
• The Shulhan Aruk 15641565: 227
• The Council of Four Lands and the Lithuanian Council: 233
• The Constitution of the Jewish Community of Sugenheim: 240
• The Messiah in Crete about 431: 253
• Anan and the Rise of Karaism about 760: 262
• Aaron the Mystic of Bagdad about 870: 270
• David Alroy False Messiah about 11461147: 278
• Isaac Luria the Cabalist 15341572: 289
• Shabbethai Zebi False Messiah 1666: 295
• The Rise of the Hasidim about 17351740: 304
• An Attack on the Hasidim 1786: 311
• Saadia 882942: 323
• Paltiel of Egypt about 952about 976: 330
• Rashi about 11 oo: 340
• Maimonides 11351204: 347
• The Oath of Amatus 1559: 359
• Mordecai Meisel Financier and Philanthropist 15281601: 367
• The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln 16461719: 376
• Solomon Maimon in Poland 17601765: 391
• A Jewish Skipper and His Crew 404: 399
• A Jewish Merchant in Arabia and Thibet about 913: 407
• Maimonides on Art and Charity 1180: 417
• Jewish Education about 11801680: 428
• A Proposed Jewish College 1564: 438
• The Woman who Refused to Remain the Wife of: 447
• Palermo and Alexandria 1488: 453
• Jewish Books and their Printers 15311719: 460
• Turkish Jewry 15531555: 470
• an Attack and a Defense 1584: 477
• AntiChristian Polemics before 1594: 482
• Seventeenth Century Memoirs: 489
• Leon of Modena on Jewish Languages: 497
• Ten Commandments for the Married Woman before 1620: 505
• The Cossack Revolt and the Fall of Nemirov 1648: 513
• A Gentile Seeks to Force a Jewess into Marriage before: 523
• Ber of Bolechow and His Times 1728: 529
• References to Sources: 535
• Index: 547

About the author

Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995), was the founder of the American Jewish Archives at the Hebrew Union College / Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, where he was a memeber of the faculty for more than seventy years.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Jew in the Medieval World: A Source Book, 315-1791
• Author: Jacob Rader Marcus
• Editor: Marc Saperstein
• Contributor: Marc Saperstein
• Edition: 4, revised
• Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press, 1999
• ISBN: 087820217X, 9780878202171
• Length: 570 pages
• Subjects: History / Jewish; History / World