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Sefer hasidim and the Ashkenazic book in medieval Europe
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In ""Sefer Hasidim"" and the Ashkenazic Book in Medieval Europe, Ivan G. Marcus proposes a new paradigm for understanding how Sefer Hasidim, or ""Book of the Pietists, "" was composed and how it ex...
In ""Sefer Hasidim"" and the Ashkenazic Book in Medieval Europe, Ivan G. Marcus proposes a new paradigm for understanding how Sefer Hasidim, or ""Book of the Pietists, "" was composed and how it extended an earlier Byzantine rabbinic tradition of authorship into medieval European Jewish culture.
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- Ivan G. Marcus
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- JSTOR ebooks
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- English
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- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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- 1 online resource
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- 0812295005, 9780812295009, 9780812250091
- OCLC
- on1037946530
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Abbreviations of Sefer Hasidim Manuscripts; Introduction; Chapter 1. Sefer Hasidim as an Open Book; Chapter 2. Rewriting Jewish Pietist Traditions; Chapter 3. Judah he-Hasid's Life and Legends; Chapter 4. Ashkenazic Hebrew Book Writing in Historical Context; A Descriptive Catalog of the Manuscripts and Editions of Sefer Hasidim; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments