Title History and folklore in a medieval Jewish chronicle : the family chronicle of Aḥima'az ben Paltiel / by Robert Bonfil

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 402 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps Series Studies in Jewish history and culture, 1568-5004 ; v. 22 Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 22 Contents The text and its context -- Historical setting and narrative structure -- Frameworks of communal life and images of leadership -- Family -- Jews and Christians: magic, sorcery, everyday life, and popular piety Summary In this book Robert Bonfil provides a detailed historical introduction and new English translation of the family chronicle of Ahima'az, one of the most important sources of medieval Jewish life in Western Europe composed in Capua, Italy in 1054 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, 1017-approximately 1060. Sefer Yuḥasin. Jews -- Italy -- History -- To 1500 Jews -- Genealogy. REFERENCE -- Genealogy & Heraldry. Ethnic relations Jews SUBJECT Italy -- Ethnic relations Subject Italy Genre/Form Family histories Genealogy History Family histories. Histoires familiales. Form Electronic book Author Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, 1017-approximately 1060. Sefer Yuḥasin. English & Hebrew ISBN 9789047427315 9047427319

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