The Jews of Provence and Languedoc

Introduction

Part I. The Jews of Provence in the Shadow of the Church
1. The Arrival of the Jews in Provence: Myth and Reality
2. The Community and Its Institutions: Society and Economy
3. Jewish Women
4. The Jews and the Cross
5. Religious Polemics and Attitudes to Christianity
6. King René and the Final Expulsion from Provence

Part II. The Cultural Renaissance of the Jews of Provence
7. Torah Study and Scholarship
8. Provençal Jewish Culture
9. Judah Ibn Tibbon and Joseph Kimhi: The Translation Project
10. The Translation Project as a Cultural Renaissance
11. The Professional Discourse of Translation
12. Adab and Judah Ibn Tibbon's Ethical Will: The Multicultural Library and Its Influence
13. The Controversy Surrounding Philosophy and Radical Allegory
14. The Kabbalistic Circles in Provence
15. Messianism, Polemics, and Political Perceptions of Redemption
16. Collective Historical Identity and Cultural Specificity

Afterword
Bibliography
Index