Entangled Histories

"This is a well-conceived and compelling volume that contributes beyond the sum of its component parts. The range of topics considered makes a strong case for the distinctive 'color' of the thirteenth-century Jewish experience." * Jeremy Cohen, Tel Aviv University * "In very large measure, the studies that comprise Entangled Histories are innovative and impressive; often they are genuinely exceptional. The perspective, quality, and originality of these essays will render the book important and attractive even to scholars who are thoroughly conversant with the literature." * David Berger, Yeshiva University *

Elisheva Baumgarten is Professor Yitzhak Becker Chair of Jewish Studies and Professor of Jewish History and History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of Practicing Piety in Medieval Ashkenaz: Men, Women, and Everyday Religious Observance, available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Ruth Mazo Karras is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. She is author of Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages and From Boys to Men: Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe, , and coeditor of Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe, all available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Katelyn Mesler is a postdoctoral fellow at the Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat in Munster.

Introduction Elisheva Baumgarten, Ruth Mazo Karras, and Katelyn Mesler PART I. INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITIES AND INTERACTIONS IN THE LONG THIRTEENTH CENTURY Chapter 1. Rabbinic Conceptions of Marriage and Matchmaking in Christian Europe Ephraim Kanarfogel Chapter 2. Nahmanides' Four Senses of Scriptural Signification: Jewish and Christian Contexts Mordechai Z. Cohen Chapter 3. Bible and Politics: A Correspondence Between Rabbenu Tam and the Authorities of Champagne Rami Reiner Chapter 4. Rabbis, Readers, and the Paris Book Trade: Understanding French Halakhic Literature in the Thirteenth Century Judah Galinsky PART II. SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES Chapter 5. The Madrasa and the Non-Muslims of Thirteenth-Century Egypt: A Reassessment Luke Yarbrough Chapter 6. Jews in and out of Latin Notarial Culture: Analyzing Hebrew Notations on Latin Contracts in Thirteenth-Century Perpignan and Barcelona Rebecca Winer Chapter 7. From Christian Devotion to Jewish Sorcery: The Curious History of Wax Figurines in Medieval Europe Kati Ihnat and Katelyn Mesler Chapter 8. Nicolas Donin, the Talmud Trial of 1240, and the Struggles Between Church and State in Medieval Europe Piero Capelli PART III. TRANSLATIONS AND TRANSMISSIONS OF TEXTS AND KNOWLEDGE Chapter 9. Cultural Identity in Transmission: Language, Science, and the Medical Profession in Thirteenth-Century Italy Yossef Schwartz Chapter 10. Matter, Meaning, and Maimonides: The Material Text as an Early Modern Map of Thirteenth-Century Debates on Translation S. J. Pearce Chapter 11. Pollution and Purity in Near Eastern Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Crusading Rhetoric Uri Shachar Chapter 12. Adoption and Adaptation: Judah ha-Levi's in Its Ashkenazic Environment Elisabeth Hollender Notes List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments