The Jew in the Medieval World: A Sourcebook, 315-1791

, by Marcus, Jacob Rader

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Introduction

xiii

Marc Saperstein

Preface

xxv

Jacob Rader Marcus

Abbreviations

xxxii

SECTION I THE STATE AND THE JEW

Jews and the Later Roman Law, 315-531

(6)

Laws of Constantine The Great, 315

(1)

Laws of Constantius, 339

(1)

A Law of Theodosius II, 439

(1)

A Law of Justinian, 531

(3)

Julian and the Jews, 361-363

(5)

Julian Proposes to Rebuild Jerusalem, 362-363

(1)

The Failure to Rebuild the Temple, 363

(4)

Islam and the Jews, 600-1772

(8)

Pact of Omar, The Ninth Century(?)

(2)

The Status of Jews and Christians in Moslem Lands, 1772

(6)

The Jews of Spain and the Visigothic Code, 654-681

(5)

Memorial of the Jews Presented to the King, 654

(2)

Jews Shall Not Remove Themselves or Their Children or Slaves from the Blessing of Baptism, 681

(3)

The Expulsion of the Jews from France, 1182

(4)

The Charter of the Jews of the Duchy of Austria, 1244

(7)

Medieval Spanish Law and the Jews Las siete Partidas, 1265

(8)

St. Louis and the Jews, before 1270

(3)

The Black Death and the Jews, 1348-1349

(7)

The Confession of Agimet of Geneva, 1348

(1)

The Cremation of Strasbourg Jewry, 1349

(2)

The Epitaph of Asher Aben Turiel, 1349

(3)

An Oath Taken by Jews, about 1392

(3)

The Expulsion from Spain, 1492

(6)

The Massacre of the New Christians of Lisbon, 1506

(5)

The Cairo Purim, 1524

(6)

A Petition for the Readmission of the Jews to England, 1655

(4)

The Settlement of the Jews in North America, 1654-1655

(6)

Stuyvesant's Attempt to Expel the Jews, 1654

(1)

Amsterdam Jewry's Successful Intercession for the Manhattan Immigrants, 1655

(2)

The Answer of the West India Company to Stuyvesant, 1655

(1)

The Jews of New York City, 1748

(3)

The Readmission of the Jews into Brandenburg, 1671

(6)

Rhode Island Refuses to Naturalize Aaron Lopez, 1762

(5)

Why the Court Refused to Naturalize Aaron Lopez, 1762

(1)

Ezra Stiles Believes that the Jews will Never Become Citizens, 1762

(1)

The Character of Aaron Lopez, 1782

(3)

The Charter Decreed by Frederick II for the Jews of Prussia, 1750

(16)

SECTION II THE CHURCH AND THE JEW

The Council of Elvira, about 300

113

(2)

Christianity Objects to the Sabbath and to the Jewish Dating of Easter, about 189-about 381

115

(5)

Easter and Passover are Observed on the Same Day in Asia Minor, About 189

116

(1)

The Council of Nicaea Changes the Date of Easter, 325

117

(1)

Constantine Declares Sunday a Legal Holiday, 321

118

(1)

The Council of Laodicea Forbids Christians to Observe the Sabbath, Between 343 and 381

118

(2)

St. Ambrose and the Jews, 388

120

(4)

Ambrose to Emperor Theodosius

120

(2)

Ambrose to His Sister

122

(2)

Pope Gregory the Great and the Jews, 590-604

124

(4)

Gregory to the Bishops of Arles and Marseilles, 591

124

(1)

Gregory to Fantinus of Palermo, 598

125

(3)

The Crusaders in Mayence, 1096

128

(7)

The Accusation of the Ritual Murder of St. William of Norwich, 1144

135

(7)

The Ritual Murder Accusation at Blois, 1171

142

(5)

The York Riots, 1190

147

(6)

Innocent and the Jews, 1215

153

(6)

Concerning the Interest Taken by Jews

153

(1)

That Jews Should be Distinguished from Christians in Dress

154

(1)

That Jews Not be Appointed to Public Offices

155

(1)

Converts Must Not Observe the Old Customs of the Jews

156

(1)

The Expedition to Recover the Holy Land

156

(3)

The Jewess Who Became a Catholic, about 1220

159

(4)

The Burning of the Talmud, 1239-1248

163

(6)

Odo to Innocent IV, 1247

164

(2)

Condemnation of the Talmud By Odo, 1248

166

(1)

A Defender of the Talmud Dies, 1241

167

(2)

A Bull of Pope Gregory X, 1272

169

(5)

The Passau Host Desecration, 1478

174

(4)

Reuchlin's Appeal to Bonetto de Lattes, 1513

178

(7)

Martin Luther and the Jews, 1523-1543

185

(6)

That Jesus Christ was Born a Jew, 1523

186

(1)

Concerning the Jews and Their Lies, 1543

187

(4)

The Burning of the Talmud in Italy, 1553

191

(4)

The Spanish Inquisition at Work, 1568

195

(7)

The Martyrdom of the Reizes Brothers, 1728

202

(2)

The Punishment for Sacrilege, 1761

204

(5)

SECTION III JEWRY AND THE INDIVIDUAL JEW

A. Jewish Self-Government

Jewish Autonomy in Babylon, about 1168

209

(5)

The Ban of Solomon ben Adret, 1305

214

(5)

Sumptuary and Other Police Laws, 1416-1740

219

(5)

Forli, Italy, 1418

220

(1)

Vallidolid, Spain, 1432

220

(1)

Cracow, Poland, 1595-1616

221

(1)

Lithuania, 1637

221

(1)

Metz, France, 1690-1697

221

(1)

Carpentras, Papal-France, 1740

222

(2)

Josel of Rosheim, 1537-1547

224

(3)

The Shulhan Aruk, 1564-1565

227

(6)

The Council of Four Lands and the Lithuanian Council, about 1582-1764

233

(7)

Philanthropy and Justice Among Polish Jews, about 1648

234

(1)

Bankruptcy Laws of the Council of Four Lands, 1624

235

(1)

Laws of the Lithuanian Council Governing Tax Collections and Recourse to Courts, 1623-1632

236

(4)

The Constitution of the Jewish Community of Sugenheim Town, 1756

240

(13)

B. Jewish Sects, Mystics, and Messiahs

The Messiah in Crete, about 431

253

(2)

The Medieval Jewish Kingdom of the Chazars, 740-1259

255

(7)

The Letter of Rabbi Hasdai, Son of Isaac Ibn Shaprut, to the King of the Chazars, About 960

255

(1)

The Letter of Joseph the King to Hasdai Son of Isaac Ibn Shaprut, About 960

256

(6)

Anan and the Rise of Karaism, about 760

262

(8)

A Rabbanite Account of the Origin of Karaism, 905(?)

263

(2)

Abraham Ibn Daud's Account of Anan, About 1161

265

(1)

A Karaitic Account of Anan, 1757

265

(2)

A Karaitic Attack on Rabbinical Tradition, 960-1000

267

(3)

Aaron the Mystic, of Bagdad, about 870

270

(4)

Practical Cabala, about 900-1400

274

(4)

The Sword of Moses, Tenth Century

274

(1)

The Wisdom of the Chaldeans, Fourteenth Century

275

(3)

David Alroy, False Messiah, about 1146-1147

278

(5)

David Reubeni and Solomon Molko, 1524-1532

283

(6)

Isaac Luria, the Cabalist, 1534-1572

289

(6)

A Short Biography of the ``Lion,'' About 1607

289

(3)

Abraham Galante's Theft, 1569-1572

292

(3)

Shabbethai Zebi, False Messiah, 1666

295

(9)

The Rise of the Hasidim, about 1735-1740

304

(7)

The Career of the Besht Before He Began His Public Ministry, About 1700-1740

304

(1)

Tainted Money

305

(1)

Fasting and True Religion

306

(5)

An Attack on the Hasidim, 1786

311

(3)

The Frankists, 1755-1817

314

(9)

Frank and His Ideas, 1755-1759

315

(2)

The Latter Days of Frank, 1760-1791

317

(6)

C. Jewish Notables

Saadia, 882-942

323

(7)

Paltiel of Egypt, about 952-about 976

330

(5)

Samuel Ha-Nagid, Vizier of Granada, 993-d. after 1056

335

(5)

Rashi, about 1100

340

(4)

Forced Converts to Christianity During the Days of the First Crusade, 1096-1105

340

(1)

Rashi Defends an Unfortunate Woman, Before 1105

341

(3)

Rashi's Grandson and the Crusaders, 1147

344

(3)

Maimonides, 1135-1204

347

(5)

Maimonides' Letter to Ibn Djabir, About 1191

347

(1)

Maimonides' Letter to Samuel Ibn Tibbon, 1199

348

(4)

Ethical Wills, Twelfth and Fourteenth Centuries

352

(7)

A Father's Admonition, of Judah Ibn Tibbon, About 1160-1180

352

(3)

The Testament of Eleazar of Mayence, About 1357

355

(4)

The Oath of Amatus, 1559

359

(4)

Joseph Nasi Rebuilds Tiberias, 1564

363

(4)

Mordecai Meisel, Financier and Philanthropist, 1528-1601

367

(5)

Meisel the Philanthropist, 1592

367

(2)

The Confiscation of Meisel's Wealth, 1601

369

(3)

An Accident and Its Consequences, about 1600

372

(4)

The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln, 1646-1719

376

(5)

The Dangers of Pawnbroking, About 1645

376

(1)

The Thief Who Died a Martyr, About 1670

377

(4)

Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher, 1632-1677

381

(10)

Solomon Maimon in Poland, 1760-1765

391

(8)

A Polish Jewish School of the Middle Eighteenth Century

391

(1)

The Married Life of Young Maimon

392

(1)

Prince Radziwill and His Jews

393

(6)

D. The Inner Life of the Jew

A Jewish Skipper and His Crew, 404

399

(5)

Bodo and the Jews, 838-847

404

(3)

A Jewish Merchant in Arabia and Thibet, about 913

407

(5)

How the Medieval Jew Understood the Bible, 1105

412

(5)

Maimonides on Art and Charity, 1180

417

(4)

Gifts to the Poor

417

(1)

Art and Idolatry

418

(3)

The Shylock Legend, 1200-1587

421

(7)

The Hard Creditor, About 1200

422

(2)

The Christian Shylock, 1587

424

(4)

Jewish Education, about 1180-1680

428

(10)

A Course of Study, About 1180

429

(3)

Books and Schools, About 1200

432

(1)

Order of Instruction of the Holy Congregation of the Sephardim, Before 1680

433

(5)

A Proposed Jewish College, 1564

438

(9)

The Woman who Refused to Remain the Wife of an Innkeeper, 1470

447

(6)

Palermo and Alexandria, 1488

453

(5)

A Jewish ``Beautician,'' 1508

458

(2)

Jewish Books and their Printers, 1531-1719

460

(10)

Gershon Soncino Writes a Title Page, 1531-1532

460

(2)

A Printer's Appeal for Customers, 1545

462

(1)

An Approbation, Permit of the Rabbis, 1600

463

(2)

The Censorship of Hebrew Books in Italy, 1637

465

(2)

The Revelations of a Colophon, 1719

467

(3)

Turkish Jewry, 1553-1555

470

(7)

Gambling: an Attack and a Defense, 1584

477

(5)

Anti-Christian Polemics, before 1594

482

(4)

The Notebook of Asher ben Eliezer Ha-Levi, 1598-1634

486

(3)

A Narrow Escape, 1625

486

(1)

Defamation in the Hapsburg Lands, 1626-1627

487

(1)

Trouble with the Local Officials, 1629

487

(2)

Seventeenth Century Memoirs

489

(8)

The Troubles of Joseph of Sienna, 1625-1632

489

(2)

Boyhood in Moravia, 1663-1681

491

(6)

Leon of Modena on Jewish Languages and Money-Lenders, 1616

497

(5)

Of Their Language, Pronunciation, Writing, and Preaching

497

(2)

Of Their Trading and Usury

499

(3)

A Letter of Baruch Reiniger, a Butcher, 1619

502

(3)

Ten Commandments for the Married Woman, before 1620

505

(3)

The Barbers' Guild at Cracow, 1639

508

(5)

The Cossack Revolt and the Fall of Nemirov, 1648

513

(5)

The Ransom of Captives, 1649-1708

518

(5)

The Lithuanian National Jewish Council Authorizes the Ransom of Polish Jewish Captives, 1649

519

(1)

The Lithuanian Council Raises Money to Ransom Jewish Captives Held in the Turkish Lands, 1652

520

(1)

An Appeal to Ransom an Italian Jewish Prisoner of War, 1708

521

(2)

A Gentile Seeks to Force a Jewess into Marriage, before 1690

523

(2)

An Attack on Hypocrisy, about 1700

525

(4)

Ber of Bolechow and His Times, 1728

529

(4)

Acknowledgments

533

(2)

References to Sources

535

(12)

Index

547

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