Sign In / Become a Member   Events     New Books     Kuntresim     Dinur Publications     eJewish.info     Contact us     About us!     עברית     Add Resource   Resource Index Resources > Medieval Jewish History Search for:    Advanced Search    Browse by keyword Search all listings Search only in Medieval Jewish History Blood Libels   Karaim Expulsion from Spain and The Anusim   Masorah Genizah Studies   Medieval Jewish Communities Geonica   Rabbis Jewish Mysticism   The Crusades Jews and the Church   The Inquisition Jews Under Muslim Rule   The Khazars There are currently 435 resources in this category Displaying results 1 - 15: 1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | Next Sort by site rank Sort by title Sort by rating Sort by popularity Sort by date 1. “Radak,” Rabbi David Kimchi (1160-1235)      More Info The page is dedicated to the famous rabbi of the 12th-13th centuries, David Kimchi, and includes a short biography. 2. A Biographical and Historiographical Critique of Moses Maimonides      More Info This section of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine website contains an article with a biographical and historigrapical critique of Moses Maimonides (Rambam), with chapters on Arabian medicine, the life of Maimonides, his contribution to medicine, an assessment of the historical documents written about him, and references. 3. A Jewish Cemetery of Armenia      More Info Pictures of the remnants of the Jewish Cemetery discovered nearby the Yeghegis river in Armenia. The discovery lead to the study and knowledge of a medieval Jewish Community existing during the 13th and 14th centuries. 4. A sample of Jewish names in Valencia 1293-1485      More Info This site consists of a list of Jewish names in Valencia, Spain, between 1293 and 1485. 5. Aaron ben Moses ben Asher      More Info This page of the "Gates to Jewish heritage" site tell about Aaron ben Moses ben Asher, Masorah Expert and First Grammarian who lived in Tiberias during the first half of the 10th century. 6. Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph Astruc: Opponent to The Guide For the Perplexed      More Info Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph Astruc was a 14th century Jewish scholar in Montpellier. He was appalled at the willingness of many Jewish scholars to explain the Torah rationally. In his Sefer HaYareach Astruc emphasized traditional rabbinic beliefs. He initiated the third attack against Maimonides' Guide For the Perplexed. In 1306, the Jews (including Astruc) were expelled from France. 7. Abraham bar Chiyya - Philosopher, Astronomer, Mathematician, Surveyer, Interpreter, and Astrologer      More Info Abraham bar Chiyya, 12th century in Barcelona, was a philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, astrologer, and interpreter. He served as a court functionary and was also given authority within the Jewish community. He was interested in how the world was created, and in figuring out when the end of time would take place. His book on the subject, Megillat Ha-Megalleh, was the first eschato... 8. Abraham Ben David of Posquieres - Great 12th Century Legalist Of Provence      More Info Abraham ben David of Posquieres (known as RaBaD) was the talmudic authority in Provence at the end of the 12th century. RaBaD studied both Talmud and the philosophic/scientific learning coming out of Spanish Jewry. He opened a yeshivah in Posquieres. 9. Abraham ben Isaac - Legalist Bridge between Spanish and French Jewry      More Info Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne lived during the middle of the 12th century. He was the leading legalist and spiritual leader of Provence. He also spent some time in Barcelona, where he became familiar with Sefer Ha-Ittim. In Provence he was the head of Narbonne's Jewish court. Benjamin MiTudelo described him as head of his yeshiva. He wrote a commentary on the entire Talmud. He answered many hala... 10. Abraham Ibn Daud - Jewish Historian and Philosopher      More Info Abraham Ibn Daud was born in Cordoba in the 12th century. He studied rabbinics, Bible, Hebrew poetry, and Greek and Jewish philosophy, New Testament, Koran. When the Almohads attacked, he fled to Castile, where he settled in Toledo. He is best known for writing Sefer haKabbalah, a history of Jewish tradition, against Karaite teaching. He believed that Scripture fulfilled itself only within Rabb... 11. ACB - Associació Call de Barcelona      More Info This is the site of 'The Call Association of Barcelona' ('call' from the Hebrew word 'kahal', community) which was founded in 1997 to support and manage the “Recovery Project” of the former Major Synagogue of Barcelona. The Association works to recover the historic memory of the Jews of Catalonia, to recuperate both the Jewish and Catalan legacy of the Jews of Catalonia. The site tells the story o... 12. Accounts of the Routes of the Jewish Merchants to the East, 847      More Info This page gives an ancient document describing commerce between east and west. From the time of the barbarian invasions until the time of the Crusades, Semitic merchants conducted most of the inland trade of Europe. The routes they followed were the main Asiatic arteries of trade and their European tributaries. Many of the kinds of goods flowing to and from the Orient are mentioned in this documen... 13. Acre - Past and Future - Part I      More Info Until recently, Acre was known to Israelis for its yearly Fringe Theatre Festival as well as its way above average unemployment figures. For much of the past year or so, visitors to this city of around 45,000 people, would findhistory, tradition, culture, the whiff of ancient civilizations, the authentic touch. themselves walking through near deserted streets and empty lanes and squares that const... 14. Acre - Past and Future - Part II      More Info This is the second part of Mordechai Beck's look at the history of Acre, he takes a look at the city from Crusader times up until the modern State of Israel. 15. Agobard of Lyon: On the Baptism of Slaves Belonging to Jews (to Adalard, Wala, and Helisachar)      More Info The second of Agobard's writings against the Jews,composed ca. 823. This plea attests to the status of Jews in the Carolingian world at this time and the complex cultural conditions. This text also provides evidence on the magister Judaeorum, a Carolingian officer who seems to have been in charge of "Jewish affairs" in the realm. The letter was directed to three high-ranking members o... 1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 | Next Looking for more resources on this topic? Click here to try your search on Google. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Rabin Building Jerusalem, Israel, 91905 Phone: 972-2-5881894/ Fax: 972-2-5883894 dinur@h2.hum.huji.ac.il