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Tables of Contents for The Jew in the Medieval World a Sourcebook
Chapter/Section Title
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Editor's Introduction
vii
6
Preface
xiii
8
A Note on the Bibliographies
xxi
Abbreviations
xviii
SECTION I THE STATE AND THE JEW
3
98
1. Jews and the Later Roman Law, 315-531
3
5
I. LAWS OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT, 315
4
1
II. LAWS OF CONSTANTIUS, 339
4
1
III. A LAW OF THEODOSIUS II, 439
5
1
IV. A LAW OF JUSTINIAN, 531
6
2
2. Julian and the Jews, 361-363
8
5
I. JULIAN PROPOSES TO REBUILD JERUSALEM, 362-363
8
1
II. THE FAILURE TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE, 363
9
4
3. Islam and the Jews, 600-1772
13
7
I. PACT OF OMAR, THE NINTH CENTURY(?)
13
2
II. THE STATUS OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN MOSLEM LANDS, 1772
15
5
4. The Jews of Spain and the Visigothic Code, 654-681
20
4
I. MEMORIAL OF THE JEWS PRESENTED TO THE KING, 654
20
2
II. JEWS SHALL NOT REMOVE THEMSELVES OR THEIR CHILDREN OR SLAVES FROM THE BLESSING OF BAPTISM, 681
22
2
5. The Expulsion of the Jews from France, 1182
24
4
6. The Charter of the Jews of the Duchy of Austria, 1244
28
6
7. Medieval Spanish Law and the Jews Las siete partidas, 1265
34
7
8. St. Louis and the Jews, before 1270
41
2
9. The Black Death and the Jews, 1348-1349
43
6
I. THE CONFESSION OF AGIMET OF GENEVA, 1348
44
1
II. THE CREMATION OF STRASBOURG JEWRY, 1349
45
2
III. THE EPITAPH OF ASHER ABEN TURIEL, 1349
47
2
10. An Oath Taken by Jews, about 1392
49
2
11. The Expulsion from Spain, 1492
51
5
12. The Massacre of the New Christians of Lisbon, 1506
56
5
13. The Cairo Purim, 1524
61
5
14. A Petition for the Readmission of the Jews to England, 1655
66
3
15. The Settlement of the Jews in North America, 1654-1655
69
6
I. STUYVESANT'S ATTEMPT TO EXPEL THE JEWS, 1654
69
1
II. AMSTERDAM JEWRY'S SUCCESSFUL INTERCESSION FOR THE MANHATTAN IMMIGRANTS, 1655
70
2
III. THE ANSWER OF THE WEST INDIA COMPANY TO STUYVESANT, 1655
72
1
IV. THE JEWS OF NEW YORK CITY, 1748
72
3
16. The Readmission of the Jews into Brandenburg, 1671
75
5
17. Rhode Island Refuses To Naturalize Aaron Lopez, 1762
80
4
I. WHY THE COURT REFUSED TO NATURALIZE AARON LOPEZ, 1762
80
1
II. EZRA STILES BELIEVES THAT THE JEWS WILL NEVER BECOME CITIZENS, 1762
81
1
III. THE CHARACTER OF AARON LOPEZ, 1782
82
2
18. The Charter Decreed by Frederick II for the Jews of Prussia, 1750
84
17
SECTION II THE CHURCH AND THE JEW
101
84
19. The Council of Elvira, about 300
101
2
20. Christianity Objects to the Sabbath and to the Jewish Dating of Easter, about 189-about 381
103
4
I. EASTER AND PASSOVER ARE OBSERVED ON THE SAME DAY IN ASIA MINOR, ABOUT 189
104
1
II. THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA CHANGES THE DATE OF EASTER, 325
105
1
III. CONSTANTINE DECLARES SUNDAY A LEGAL HOLIDAY, 321
106
1
IV. THE COUNCIL OF LAODICEA FORBIDS CHRISTIANS TO OBSERVE THE SABBATH, BETWEEN 343 AND 381
106
1
21. St. Ambrose and the Jews, 388
107
4
I. AMBROSE TO EMPEROR THEODOSIUS
107
2
II. AMBROSE TO HIS SISTER
109
2
22. Pope Gregory the Great and the Jews, 590-604
111
4
I. GREGORY TO THE BISHOPS OF ARLES AND MARSEILLES, 591
111
1
II. GREGORY TO FANTINUS OF PALERMO, 598
112
3
23. The Crusaders in Mayence, 1096
115
6
24. The Accusation of the Ritual Murder of St. William of Norwich, 1144
121
6
25. The Ritual Murder Accusation at Blois, 1171
127
4
26. The York Riots, 1190
131
6
27. Innocent and the Jews, 1215
137
5
I. CONCERNING THE INTEREST TAKEN BY JEWS
137
1
II. THAT JEWS SHOULD BE DISTINGUISHED FROM CHRISTIANS IN DRESS
138
1
III. THAT JEWS NOT BE APPOINTED TO PUBLIC OFFICES
139
1
IV. CONVERTS MUST NOT OBSERVE THE OLD CUSTOMS OF THE JEWS
140
1
V. THE EXPEDITION TO RECOVER THE HOLY LAND
140
2
28. The Jewess Who Became a Catholic, about 1220
142
3
29. The Burning of the Talmud, 1239-1248
145
6
I. ODO TO INNOCENT IV, 1247
146
2
II. CONDEMNATION OF THE TALMUD BY ODO, 1248
148
1
III. A DEFENDER OF THE TALMUD DIES, 1241
149
2
30. A Bull of Pope Gregory X, 1272
151
4
31. The Passau Host Desecration, 1478
155
4
32. Reuchlin's Appeal to Bonetto de Lattes, 1513
159
6
33. Martin Luther and the Jews, 1523-1543
165
5
I. THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN A JEW, 1523
166
1
II. CONCERNING THE JEWS AND THEIR LIES, 1543
167
3
34. The Burning of the Talmud in Italy, 1553
170
3
35. The Spanish Inquisition at Work, 1568
173
6
36. The Martyrdom of the Reizes Brothers, 1728
179
2
37. The Punishment for Sacrilege, 1761
181
4
SECTION III JEWRY AND THE INDIVIDUAL JEW
185
282
A. JEWISH SELF-GOVERNMENT
38. Jewish Autonomy in Babylon, about 1168
185
4
39. The Ban of Solomon ben Adret, 1305
189
4
40. Sumptuary and Other Police Laws, 1416-1740
193
5
I. FORLI, ITALY, 1418
194
1
II. VALLADOLID, SPAIN, 1432
194
1
III. CRACOW, POLAND, 1595-1616
195
1
IV. LITHUANIA, 1637
195
1
V. METZ, FRANCE, 1690-1697
195
1
VI. CARPENTRAS, PAPAL-FRANCE, 1740
196
2
41. Josel of Rosheim, 1537-1547
198
2
42. The Shulhan Aruk, 1564-1565
200
5
43. The Council of Four Lands and the Lithuanian Council, about 1582-1764
205
7
I. PHILANTHROPY AND JUSTICE AMONG POLISH JEWS, ABOUT 1648
206
2
II. BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE COUNCIL OF FOUR LANDS, 1624
208
1
III. LAWS OF THE LITHUANIAN COUNCIL GOVERNING TAX COLLECTIONS AND RECOURSE TO COURTS, 1623-1632
209
3
44. The Constitution of the Jewish Community of Sugenheim Town, 1756
212
13
B. JEWISH SECTS, MYSTICS, AND MESSIAHS
45. The Messiah in Crete, about 431
225
2
46. The Medieval Jewish Kingdom of the Chazars, 740-1259
227
6
I. THE LETTER OF RABBI HASDAI, SON OF ISAAC IBN SHAPRUT, TO THE KING OF THE CHAZARS, ABOUT 960
227
1
II. THE LETTER OF JOSEPH THE KING TO HASDAI SON OF ISAAC IBN SHAPRUT, ABOUT 960
228
5
47. Anan and the Rise of Karaism, about 760
233
8
I. A RABBANITE ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF KARAISM, 905(?)
234
2
II. ABRAHAM IBN DAUD'S ACCOUNT OF ANAN, ABOUT 1161
236
1
III. A KARAITIC ACCOUNT OF ANAN, 1757
236
2
IV. A KARAITIC ATTACK ON RABBINICAL TRADITION, 960-1000
238
3
48. Aaron the Mystic, of Bagdad, about 870
241
3
49. Practical Cabala, about 900-1400
244
3
I.-IV. THE SWORD OF MOSES, TENTH CENTURY
244
1
V. THE WISDOM OF THE CHALDEANS, FOURTEENTH CENTURY
245
2
50. David Alroy, False Messiah, about 1146-1147
247
4
51. David Reubeni and Solomon Molko, 1524-1532
251
5
52. Isaac Luria, the Cabalist, 1534-1572
256
5
I. A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE "LION," ABOUT 1607
256
3
II. ABRAHAM GALANTE'S THEFT, 1569-1572
259
2
53. Shabbethai Zebi, False Messiah, 1666
261
9
54. The Rise of the Hasidim, about 1735-1740
270
6
I. THE CAREER OF THE BESHT BEFORE HE BEGAN HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY, ABOUT 1700-1740
271
3
II. TAINTED MONEY
274
1
III. FASTING AND TRUE RELIGION
274
2
55. An Attack on the Hasidim, 1786
276
3
56. The Frankists, 1755-1817
279
8
I. FRANK AND HIS IDEAS, 1755-1759
280
2
II. THE LATTER DAYS OF FRANK, 1760-1791
282
5
C. JEWISH NOTABLES
57. Saadia, 882-942
287
6
58. Paltiel of Egypt, about 952-about 976
293
4
59. Samuel Ha-Nagid, Vizier of Granada, 993-d. after 1056
297
4
60. Rashi, about 1100
301
3
I. FORCED CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY DURING THE DAYS OF THE FIRST CRUSADE, 1096-1105
301
1
II. RASHI DEFENDS AN UNFORTUNATE WOMAN, BEFORE 1105
302
2
61. Rashi's Grandson and the Crusaders, 1147
304
2
62. Maimonides, 1135-1204
306
5
I. MAIMONIDES' LETTER TO IBN DJABIR, ABOUT 1191
306
1
II. MAIMONIDES' LETTER TO SAMUEL IBN TIBBON, 1199
307
4
63. Ethical Wills, Twelfth and Fourteenth Centuries
311
6
I. A FATHER'S ADMONITION, OF JUDAH IBN TIBBON, ABOUT 1160-1180
311
3
II. TESTAMENT OF ELEAZAR OF MAYENCE, ABOUT 1357
314
3
64. The Oath of Amatus, 1559
317
3
65. Joseph Nasi Rebuilds Tiberias, 1564
320
3
66. Mordecai Meisel, Financier and Philanthropist, 1528-1601
323
4
I. MEISEL THE PHILANTHROPIST, 1592
323
2
II. THE CONFISCATION OF MEISEL'S WEALTH, 1601
325
2
67. An Accident and Its Consequences, about 1600
327
3
68. The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln, 1646-1719
330
4
I. THE DANGERS OF PAWNBROKING, ABOUT 1645
330
1
II. THE THIEF WHO DIED A MARTYR, ABOUT 1670
331
3
69. Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher, 1632-1677
334
9
70. Solomon Maimon in Poland, 1760-1765
343
6
I. A POLISH JEWISH SCHOOL OF THE MIDDLE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
343
1
II. THE MARRIED LIFE OF YOUNG MAIMON
344
1
III. PRINCE RADZIWILL AND HIS JEWS
345
4
D. THE INNER LIFE OF THE JEW
71. A Jewish Skipper and His Crew, 404
349
4
72. Bodo and the Jews, 838-847
353
2
73. A Jewish Merchant in Arabia and Thibet, about 913
355
5
74. How the Medieval Jew Understood the Bible, 1105
360
4
75. Maimonides on Art and Charity, 1180
364
3
I. GIFTS TO THE POOR
364
1
II. ART AND IDOLATRY
365
2
76. The Shylock Legend, 1200-1587
367
6
I. THE HARD CREDITOR, ABOUT 1200
368
2
II. THE CHRISTIAN SHYLOCK, 1587
370
3
77. Jewish Education, about 1180-1680
373
8
I. A COURSE OF STUDY, ABOUT 1180
374
3
II. BOOKS AND SCHOOLS, ABOUT 1200
377
1
III. ORDER OF INSTRUCTION OF THE HOLY CONGREGATION OF THE SEPHARDIM, BEFORE 1680
378
3
78. A Proposed Jewish College, 1564
381
8
79. The Woman Who Refused To Remain the Wife of an Innkeeper, 1470
389
5
80. Palermo and Alexandria, 1488
394
5
81. A Jewish "Beautician," 1508
399
2
82. Jewish Books and Their Printers, 1531-1719
401
10
I. GERSHON SONCINO WRITES A TITLE PAGE, 1531-1532
401
2
II. A PRINTER'S APPEAL FOR CUSTOMERS, 1545
403
1
III. AN APPROBATION, PERMIT OF THE RABBIS, 1600
404
2
IV. THE CENSORSHIP OF HEBREW BOOKS IN ITALY, 1637
406
2
V. THE REVELATIONS OF A COLOPHON, 1719
408
3
83. Turkish Jewry, 1553-1555
411
7
84. Gambling: an Attack and a Defense, 1584
418
4
85. Anti-Christian Polemics, before 1594
422
4
86. The Notebook of Asher ben Eliezer Ha-Levi, 1598-1634
426
3
I. A NARROW ESCAPE, 1625
426
1
II. DEFAMATION IN THE HAPSBURG LANDS, 1626-1627
427
1
III. TROUBLE WITH THE LOCAL OFFICIALS, 1629
427
2
87. Seventeenth Century Memoirs
429
8
I. THE TROUBLES OF JOSEPH OF SIENNA, 1625-1632
429
2
II. BOYHOOD IN MORAVIA, 1663-1681
431
6
88. Leon of Modena on Jewish Languages and Money-Lenders, 1616
437
4
I. OF THEIR LANGUAGE, PRONUNCIATION, WRITING, AND PREACHING
437
2
II. OF THEIR TRADING AND USURY
439
2
89. A Letter of Baruch Reiniger, a Butcher, 1619
441
2
90. Ten Commandments for the Married Woman, before 1620
443
3
91. The Barbers' Guild at Cracow, 1639
446
4
92. The Cossack Revolt and the Fall of Nemirov, 1648
450
4
93. The Ransom of Captives, 1649-1708
454
5
I. THE LITHUANIAN NATIONAL JEWISH COUNCIL AUTHORIZES THE RANSOM OF POLISH JEWISH CAPTIVES, 1649
455
1
II. THE LITHUANIAN COUNCIL RAISES MONEY TO RANSOM JEWISH CAPTIVES HELD IN THE TURKISH LANDS, 1652
456
1
III. AN APPEAL TO RANSOM AN ITALIAN JEWISH PRISONER OF WAR, 1708
457
2
94. A Gentile Seeks to Force a Jewess into Marriage, before 1690
459
2
95. An Attack on Hypocrisy, about 1700
461
3
96. Ber of Bolechow and His Times, 1728
464
3
Acknowledgments
467
2
References to Sources
469
12
Index
481