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Tradition and Crisis: Jewish Society at the End of the Middle Ages (Medieval Studies) [Paperback]

Jacob Katz (Author), Bernard Dov Cooperman (Translator, Afterword)
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Medieval Studies February 2000
Now available in a new and updated translation, this landmark work recreates the fabric of daily life in the Jewish communities of medieval Europe--"a service to scholarship and public enlightenment" (Arthur Hertzberg). Katz is the author of Out of the Ghetto.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Hebrew

About the Author

Jacob Katz, author of Out of the Ghetto and Exclusiveness and Tolerance, is Emeritus Professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Bernard Dov Cooperman is Professor of Jewish History at the University of Maryland.

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  • Paperback: 410 pages
  • Publisher: Syracuse University Press (February 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0815628277
  • ISBN-13: 978-0815628279
  • Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A small classic, March 10, 2005
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This study of Jewish life at the end of the Middle Ages was when it was first published in the early sixties considered a breakthrough work. The late Yaakov Katz was for many decades one of the outstanding students of Jewish social life. This work is a model of clarity in both conception and writing.
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This is, unfortunately, the only book of Jewish Medieval thought for the secular reader, that I know of. As such, it's a valuable source, but it's incomplete.
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