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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Talya FishmanPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780812222876ISBN 10: 0812222873 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 12 December 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Place of Oral Matters in Geonic Culture Chapter 2. Oral Matters among Jews of Qayrawan and al-Andalus: Framing Sefarad Chapter 3. Framing Ashkenaz: Cultural Landmarks of Medieval Northern European Societies Chapter 4. Textualization of North European Rabbinic Culture: The Changing Role of Talmud Chapter 5. Medieval Responses to the Textualization of Rabbinic Culture Chapter 6. Rhineland Pietism and the Textualization of Rabbinic Culture in Medieval Northern Europe Epilogue Glossary Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index AcknowledgmentsReviewsA vital addition to any Jewish studies library in America. * <i>Jewish Book World</i> * Talya Fishman's ambitious new study . . . indicates the sweep of the issues that are a significant part of Jewish cultural history from late antiquity through the High Middle Ages. * <i>American Historical Review</i> * For every historian of intellectual history of the (Christian) High Middle Ages the book is a must. * <i>Journal of Transcultural Medieval Studies</i> * An indispensable study, whose exemplary exposition of Jewish attitudes toward oral, written, and legal matters may well spark comparisons with other cultures, for Fishman has brilliantly shown that words can produce meaning through their epistemological categorization as oral or written, a categorization that itself remains undetermined by their actual mediatic support. * <i>Law and History Review</i> * Becoming the People of the Talmud offers a unique and highly original contribution to our understanding of Jewish culture in the Middle Ages. The book indubitably places Talya Fishman in the vanguard of scholarly research. * Israel J. Yuval, Hebrew University of Jerusalem * <p> Becoming the People of the Talmud offers a unique and highly original contribution to our understanding of Jewish culture in the Middle Ages. The book indubitably places Talya Fishman in the vanguard of scholarly research. --Israel J. Yuval, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Author InformationTalya Fishman is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Shaking the Pillars of Exile: ""Voice of a Fool,"" an Early Modern Jewish Critique of Rabbinic Culture. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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