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Tables of Contents for The Jew in the Medieval World
Chapter/Section Title
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Page Count
Introduction
xiii
Marc Saperstein
Preface
xxv
Jacob Rader Marcus
Abbreviations
xxxii
SECTION I THE STATE AND THE JEW
Jews and the Later Roman Law, 315-531
3
6
Laws of Constantine The Great, 315
4
1
Laws of Constantius, 339
4
1
A Law of Theodosius II, 439
5
1
A Law of Justinian, 531
6
3
Julian and the Jews, 361-363
9
5
Julian Proposes to Rebuild Jerusalem, 362-363
9
1
The Failure to Rebuild the Temple, 363
10
4
Islam and the Jews, 600-1772
14
8
Pact of Omar, The Ninth Century(?)
14
2
The Status of Jews and Christians in Moslem Lands, 1772
16
6
The Jews of Spain and the Visigothic Code, 654-681
22
5
Memorial of the Jews Presented to the King, 654
22
2
Jews Shall Not Remove Themselves or Their Children or Slaves from the Blessing of Baptism, 681
24
3
The Expulsion of the Jews from France, 1182
27
4
The Charter of the Jews of the Duchy of Austria, 1244
31
7
Medieval Spanish Law and the Jews Las siete Partidas, 1265
38
8
St. Louis and the Jews, before 1270
46
3
The Black Death and the Jews, 1348-1349
49
7
The Confession of Agimet of Geneva, 1348
50
1
The Cremation of Strasbourg Jewry, 1349
51
2
The Epitaph of Asher Aben Turiel, 1349
53
3
An Oath Taken by Jews, about 1392
56
3
The Expulsion from Spain, 1492
59
6
The Massacre of the New Christians of Lisbon, 1506
65
5
The Cairo Purim, 1524
70
6
A Petition for the Readmission of the Jews to England, 1655
76
4
The Settlement of the Jews in North America, 1654-1655
80
6
Stuyvesant's Attempt to Expel the Jews, 1654
80
1
Amsterdam Jewry's Successful Intercession for the Manhattan Immigrants, 1655
81
2
The Answer of the West India Company to Stuyvesant, 1655
83
1
The Jews of New York City, 1748
83
3
The Readmission of the Jews into Brandenburg, 1671
86
6
Rhode Island Refuses to Naturalize Aaron Lopez, 1762
92
5
Why the Court Refused to Naturalize Aaron Lopez, 1762
92
1
Ezra Stiles Believes that the Jews will Never Become Citizens, 1762
93
1
The Character of Aaron Lopez, 1782
94
3
The Charter Decreed by Frederick II for the Jews of Prussia, 1750
97
16
SECTION II THE CHURCH AND THE JEW
The Council of Elvira, about 300
113
2
Christianity Objects to the Sabbath and to the Jewish Dating of Easter, about 189-about 381
115
5
Easter and Passover are Observed on the Same Day in Asia Minor, About 189
116
1
The Council of Nicaea Changes the Date of Easter, 325
117
1
Constantine Declares Sunday a Legal Holiday, 321
118
1
The Council of Laodicea Forbids Christians to Observe the Sabbath, Between 343 and 381
118
2
St. Ambrose and the Jews, 388
120
4
Ambrose to Emperor Theodosius
120
2
Ambrose to His Sister
122
2
Pope Gregory the Great and the Jews, 590-604
124
4
Gregory to the Bishops of Arles and Marseilles, 591
124
1
Gregory to Fantinus of Palermo, 598
125
3
The Crusaders in Mayence, 1096
128
7
The Accusation of the Ritual Murder of St. William of Norwich, 1144
135
7
The Ritual Murder Accusation at Blois, 1171
142
5
The York Riots, 1190
147
6
Innocent and the Jews, 1215
153
6
Concerning the Interest Taken by Jews
153
1
That Jews Should be Distinguished from Christians in Dress
154
1
That Jews Not be Appointed to Public Offices
155
1
Converts Must Not Observe the Old Customs of the Jews
156
1
The Expedition to Recover the Holy Land
156
3
The Jewess Who Became a Catholic, about 1220
159
4
The Burning of the Talmud, 1239-1248
163
6
Odo to Innocent IV, 1247
164
2
Condemnation of the Talmud By Odo, 1248
166
1
A Defender of the Talmud Dies, 1241
167
2
A Bull of Pope Gregory X, 1272
169
5
The Passau Host Desecration, 1478
174
4
Reuchlin's Appeal to Bonetto de Lattes, 1513
178
7
Martin Luther and the Jews, 1523-1543
185
6
That Jesus Christ was Born a Jew, 1523
186
1
Concerning the Jews and Their Lies, 1543
187
4
The Burning of the Talmud in Italy, 1553
191
4
The Spanish Inquisition at Work, 1568
195
7
The Martyrdom of the Reizes Brothers, 1728
202
2
The Punishment for Sacrilege, 1761
204
5
SECTION III JEWRY AND THE INDIVIDUAL JEW
A. Jewish Self-Government
Jewish Autonomy in Babylon, about 1168
209
5
The Ban of Solomon ben Adret, 1305
214
5
Sumptuary and Other Police Laws, 1416-1740
219
5
Forli, Italy, 1418
220
1
Vallidolid, Spain, 1432
220
1
Cracow, Poland, 1595-1616
221
1
Lithuania, 1637
221
1
Metz, France, 1690-1697
221
1
Carpentras, Papal-France, 1740
222
2
Josel of Rosheim, 1537-1547
224
3
The Shulhan Aruk, 1564-1565
227
6
The Council of Four Lands and the Lithuanian Council, about 1582-1764
233
7
Philanthropy and Justice Among Polish Jews, about 1648
234
1
Bankruptcy Laws of the Council of Four Lands, 1624
235
1
Laws of the Lithuanian Council Governing Tax Collections and Recourse to Courts, 1623-1632
236
4
The Constitution of the Jewish Community of Sugenheim Town, 1756
240
13
B. Jewish Sects, Mystics, and Messiahs
The Messiah in Crete, about 431
253
2
The Medieval Jewish Kingdom of the Chazars, 740-1259
255
7
The Letter of Rabbi Hasdai, Son of Isaac Ibn Shaprut, to the King of the Chazars, About 960
255
1
The Letter of Joseph the King to Hasdai Son of Isaac Ibn Shaprut, About 960
256
6
Anan and the Rise of Karaism, about 760
262
8
A Rabbanite Account of the Origin of Karaism, 905(?)
263
2
Abraham Ibn Daud's Account of Anan, About 1161
265
1
A Karaitic Account of Anan, 1757
265
2
A Karaitic Attack on Rabbinical Tradition, 960-1000
267
3
Aaron the Mystic, of Bagdad, about 870
270
4
Practical Cabala, about 900-1400
274
4
The Sword of Moses, Tenth Century
274
1
The Wisdom of the Chaldeans, Fourteenth Century
275
3
David Alroy, False Messiah, about 1146-1147
278
5
David Reubeni and Solomon Molko, 1524-1532
283
6
Isaac Luria, the Cabalist, 1534-1572
289
6
A Short Biography of the ``Lion,'' About 1607
289
3
Abraham Galante's Theft, 1569-1572
292
3
Shabbethai Zebi, False Messiah, 1666
295
9
The Rise of the Hasidim, about 1735-1740
304
7
The Career of the Besht Before He Began His Public Ministry, About 1700-1740
304
1
Tainted Money
305
1
Fasting and True Religion
306
5
An Attack on the Hasidim, 1786
311
3
The Frankists, 1755-1817
314
9
Frank and His Ideas, 1755-1759
315
2
The Latter Days of Frank, 1760-1791
317
6
C. Jewish Notables
Saadia, 882-942
323
7
Paltiel of Egypt, about 952-about 976
330
5
Samuel Ha-Nagid, Vizier of Granada, 993-d. after 1056
335
5
Rashi, about 1100
340
4
Forced Converts to Christianity During the Days of the First Crusade, 1096-1105
340
1
Rashi Defends an Unfortunate Woman, Before 1105
341
3
Rashi's Grandson and the Crusaders, 1147
344
3
Maimonides, 1135-1204
347
5
Maimonides' Letter to Ibn Djabir, About 1191
347
1
Maimonides' Letter to Samuel Ibn Tibbon, 1199
348
4
Ethical Wills, Twelfth and Fourteenth Centuries
352
7
A Father's Admonition, of Judah Ibn Tibbon, About 1160-1180
352
3
The Testament of Eleazar of Mayence, About 1357
355
4
The Oath of Amatus, 1559
359
4
Joseph Nasi Rebuilds Tiberias, 1564
363
4
Mordecai Meisel, Financier and Philanthropist, 1528-1601
367
5
Meisel the Philanthropist, 1592
367
2
The Confiscation of Meisel's Wealth, 1601
369
3
An Accident and Its Consequences, about 1600
372
4
The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln, 1646-1719
376
5
The Dangers of Pawnbroking, About 1645
376
1
The Thief Who Died a Martyr, About 1670
377
4
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher, 1632-1677
381
10
Solomon Maimon in Poland, 1760-1765
391
8
A Polish Jewish School of the Middle Eighteenth Century
391
1
The Married Life of Young Maimon
392
1
Prince Radziwill and His Jews
393
6
D. The Inner Life of the Jew
A Jewish Skipper and His Crew, 404
399
5
Bodo and the Jews, 838-847
404
3
A Jewish Merchant in Arabia and Thibet, about 913
407
5
How the Medieval Jew Understood the Bible, 1105
412
5
Maimonides on Art and Charity, 1180
417
4
Gifts to the Poor
417
1
Art and Idolatry
418
3
The Shylock Legend, 1200-1587
421
7
The Hard Creditor, About 1200
422
2
The Christian Shylock, 1587
424
4
Jewish Education, about 1180-1680
428
10
A Course of Study, About 1180
429
3
Books and Schools, About 1200
432
1
Order of Instruction of the Holy Congregation of the Sephardim, Before 1680
433
5
A Proposed Jewish College, 1564
438
9
The Woman who Refused to Remain the Wife of an Innkeeper, 1470
447
6
Palermo and Alexandria, 1488
453
5
A Jewish ``Beautician,'' 1508
458
2
Jewish Books and their Printers, 1531-1719
460
10
Gershon Soncino Writes a Title Page, 1531-1532
460
2
A Printer's Appeal for Customers, 1545
462
1
An Approbation, Permit of the Rabbis, 1600
463
2
The Censorship of Hebrew Books in Italy, 1637
465
2
The Revelations of a Colophon, 1719
467
3
Turkish Jewry, 1553-1555
470
7
Gambling: an Attack and a Defense, 1584
477
5
Anti-Christian Polemics, before 1594
482
4
The Notebook of Asher ben Eliezer Ha-Levi, 1598-1634
486
3
A Narrow Escape, 1625
486
1
Defamation in the Hapsburg Lands, 1626-1627
487
1
Trouble with the Local Officials, 1629
487
2
Seventeenth Century Memoirs
489
8
The Troubles of Joseph of Sienna, 1625-1632
489
2
Boyhood in Moravia, 1663-1681
491
6
Leon of Modena on Jewish Languages and Money-Lenders, 1616
497
5
Of Their Language, Pronunciation, Writing, and Preaching
497
2
Of Their Trading and Usury
499
3
A Letter of Baruch Reiniger, a Butcher, 1619
502
3
Ten Commandments for the Married Woman, before 1620
505
3
The Barbers' Guild at Cracow, 1639
508
5
The Cossack Revolt and the Fall of Nemirov, 1648
513
5
The Ransom of Captives, 1649-1708
518
5
The Lithuanian National Jewish Council Authorizes the Ransom of Polish Jewish Captives, 1649
519
1
The Lithuanian Council Raises Money to Ransom Jewish Captives Held in the Turkish Lands, 1652
520
1
An Appeal to Ransom an Italian Jewish Prisoner of War, 1708
521
2
A Gentile Seeks to Force a Jewess into Marriage, before 1690
523
2
An Attack on Hypocrisy, about 1700
525
4
Ber of Bolechow and His Times, 1728
529
4
Acknowledgments
533
2
References to Sources
535
12
Index
547