Two manuscripts produced in early fourteenth-century German-speaking areas reflect similar iconography of fighting with sword and buckler; one is the well-known fencing treatise, Leeds, Royal Armouries, MS I. 33, produced ca. 1320,[1] and the other is a Hebrew manuscript of the Bible made in 1304, t...

CfP: Special Issue "Interfaith Dialogues: Jewish and Christian Connections via Medieval Art and Literature"

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Maria Stürzebecher (24 avr. 2023)

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Journal of Religions, an Open Access Journal by MDPI Editors: Dr. Sara Offenberg and Dr. Vered Tohar We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue on the subject of “Jewish–Christian Relations in Medieval Art and Literature.” This Special Issue aims to explore the complex relation...

New article by Sara Offenberg: The Human Face on the Divine Chariot: Jacob the Knight on TheTorah.com

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Maria Stürzebecher (7 juin 2022)

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Jacob the patriarch’s face is said to be carved on the divine throne. Similarly, a 13th cent. masorah figurate of the four creatures drawing Ezekiel’s chariot portrays Jacob as the human creature in the form of a knight, playing off the phrase אביר יעקב, avir Yaakov (Genesis 49:24).‎ To the article

New publication: Sara Offenberg

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Julie Harris (20 déc. 2021)

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“Illuminating the Account of Creation (Ma’aseh Breshit) in Hebrew Manuscripts from Ashkenaz,” in: Reading the Bible in the Pre-Modern World: Interpretation, Performance and Image, eds. Chanita Goodblatt and Howard Kreisel, Ben-Gurion University Press 2021, pp. 257-304

New Publication: Polemical and Exegetical Polarities in Medieval Jewish Cultures: Studies in Honour of Daniel J. Lasker, eds. Ehud Krinis, Nabih Bashir, Sara Offenberg, and Shalom Sadik (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2021)

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Hannah Teddy Schachter (14 oct. 2021)

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In his academic career, that by now spans six decades, Daniel J. Lasker distinguished himself by the wide range of his scholarly interests. In the field of Jewish theology and philosophy he contributed significantly to the study of Rabbinic as well as Karaite authors. In the field of Jewish polemics...

Comprehending Antisemitism through the Ages: A Historical Perspective (Volume 3 of the series An End to Antisemitism) has been released.

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Birgit Wiedl (26 août 2021)

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The volume, edited by Armin Lange, Kerstin Mayerhofer, Dina Porat, and Lawrence H. Schiffman traces the history of antisemitism, documenting the religious, sociological, political and economic contexts in which antisemitism thrived and thrives. The medieval section contains chapters by Robert Chazan...