IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1602: The Jewish Residential Home and the Jewish Neighbourhood in Medieval Cities in Germany
Thursday 10 July 2008, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Simha Goldin, Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, Tel Aviv University |
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Moderator/Chair: | Eva Frojmovic, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds |
Respondent: | Joseph Isaac Lifshitz, Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, Tel Aviv University / Shalem Center, Jerusalem |
Paper 1602-a | What We Can Learn from the Medieval Jewish Sources about Jewish and Christian Neighbourhood (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
Paper 1602-b | The Jewish Neighbourhood in the Medieval German City (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
Paper 1602-c | The Jewish Bedroom in the Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Theology |
Abstract | Research of material culture bases itself on several sources - archeology, art, literature, and law. Using judicial sources (such as notarial and trial documents) is convenient, because they have a high quantity of accurate details. All of this is correct regarding the research of Jewish medieval architecture as well, although, in this case, the judicial sources are enriched with halachic sources (Jewish law). This session will cover some questions of method, and then focus on two case studies: |