Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature. Volume II.
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies, distributed by Harvard University Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardbound. Octavo, red cloth with gold lettering, viii, 458 pp. Very Good. Item #69151
Articles are "The Attitude of Some Early Karaites Towards Islam," Haggai Ben-Shammai, "A Rivalry of Bankers: Responsa Concerning Banking Rights," Bernard D. Cooperman, "The Ladder of Ascension - The Reverbaerations of a Medieval Motif in the Renaissance," Moshe Idel, "The Language of 'Sefer Hasidim,' Its Linguistic Background and Methods of Research," Simcha Kogut, "On Maimonides' Messianic Posture," Joel L. Kramer, "Simoen Luzzatto on Tacitus: Apologetica and Ragione Di Stato," Abraham Melamed, "The Concept of Devekut in the Homiletical Ethical Writings of 16th Century Safed," Mordechai Pachter, "The Anthropological Theory of Miracles in Medieval Jewish Philosophy," Aviezer Ravitsky, "The Concept of 'Emunah' in Post-Maimonidean Jewish Philosophy," Shalom Rosenberg, "'Kings, Angels or Beggars': Tax Law and Spirituality in a Hispano-Jewish 'Responsum,'" Bernard Septimus, "Prophecy in the Writings of R. Yehuda Romano," Giusseppi Sermoneta, "On Maimonides' 'Conversion' to Kabbalah," Michael E. Shmidman, "R. Abraham Saba's Abbreviated Messianic Commentary on Haggai and Zechariah," Abraham Gross, "Two Letters of Abraham Ben Eliezer Halevi," Ira Robinson, "Selected Passages from Yedaiah Bedersi's Commentary on the Midrashim," Marc Saperstein, "Rabbi Jacob Emden's 'Iggeret Purim,'" Jacob J. Schachter, "Narboni and Shem Tov on Martyrdom," Bernard Septimus.
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