Elisabeth Hollender
Biographic Data
| ID | 1637103 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elisabeth Hollender |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elisabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Hollender |
| SIGNATURE | HOLLENDER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Composing Arugat ha-Bosem
Based on Ivan Marcus’s concept of “open book” and considerations on medieval Ashkenazic concepts of authorship, the present article inquires into the circumstances surrounding the production of Sefer Arugat ha-Bosem , a collection of piyyut commentaries written or compiled by the thirteenth-century scholar Abraham b. Azriel. Unlike all other piyyut commentators, Abraham ben Azriel inscribed his name into his commentary and claims to supersede pre…
Introduction
Beyond the Rabbinic Paradigm
Using medieval Cologne as an example, this paper seeks to extract traces of a lay leadership from rabbinic texts of medieval Ashkenaz. It reveals evidence of a culture of leadership and arbitration that was based on Jewish tradition and common sense, rather than an emphasis on talmudic law and argumentation. This is demonstrated by a discussion of known leaders, texts about Cologne Jews, rabbinic statements that criticize Cologne's Jewry for hala…
Exegesis and Poetry in Medieval Karaite and Rabbanite Texts
The ritualization of circumcision in medieval Judaism in relation to Islam and Christianity
The paper analyzes the continuous medieval ritualization of Jewish circumcision with regard to interaction with the surrounding Christian and Islamic societies and their interpretations of circumcision as religious and cultural performance. While circumcision in Islamic society might have been regarded as a competing tradition that required the ritualization of Jewish circumcision as religious act, the Christian interpretation of circumcision as …
Flora and Fauna in Medieval Piyyut-Commentary
Zwei hebräische Klagedichtungen aus der Zeit nach dem Zweiten Kreuzzug
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Zwei hebräische Klagedichtungen aus der Zeit nach dem Zweiten Kreuzzug
Flora and Fauna in Medieval Piyyut-Commentary
The ritualization of circumcision in medieval Judaism in relation to Islam and Christianity
The paper analyzes the continuous medieval ritualization of Jewish circumcision with regard to interaction with the surrounding Christian and Islamic societies and their interpretations of circumcision as religious and cultural performance. While circumcision in Islamic society might have been regarded as a competing tradition that required the ritualization of Jewish circumcision as religious act, the Christian interpretation of circumcision as …
Exegesis and Poetry in Medieval Karaite and Rabbanite Texts
Composing Arugat ha-Bosem
Based on Ivan Marcus’s concept of “open book” and considerations on medieval Ashkenazic concepts of authorship, the present article inquires into the circumstances surrounding the production of Sefer Arugat ha-Bosem , a collection of piyyut commentaries written or compiled by the thirteenth-century scholar Abraham b. Azriel. Unlike all other piyyut commentators, Abraham ben Azriel inscribed his name into his commentary and claims to supersede pre…
Introduction
Beyond the Rabbinic Paradigm
Using medieval Cologne as an example, this paper seeks to extract traces of a lay leadership from rabbinic texts of medieval Ashkenaz. It reveals evidence of a culture of leadership and arbitration that was based on Jewish tradition and common sense, rather than an emphasis on talmudic law and argumentation. This is demonstrated by a discussion of known leaders, texts about Cologne Jews, rabbinic statements that criticize Cologne's Jewry for hala…
Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 works) · History (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works)