A mahzor from Worms : art and religion in a medieval Jewish community / Katrin Kogman-Appel.

Author
Kogman-Appel, Katrin [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Description
x, 295 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.

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Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Facts about the Leipzig Mahzor
  • Worms: community, society, and scholarship
  • A Passover sermon by Eleazar ben Judah of Worms
  • Halakhah and minhag: religious law and custom
  • Musar: pietist ethics
  • Sod: mystical dimensions
  • Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9780674064546 (alk. paper)
  • 0674064542 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2011041321
OCLC
756837080
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