Abstract
This study examines the legal writings of the two leading rabbinic figures in French Jewry in the mid-fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. It characterizes their legal and Talmudic methodology and argues that fifteenth- and sixteenth-century French scholars in Italy were generally following in the footsteps of their predecessors in France. Furthermore, it argues for the ongoing existence of a uniquely French subtradition within the larger Ashke-nazic tradition in the late Middle Ages.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-20 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Jewish History |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2013 |
Keywords
- Expulsions from france
- Joseph colon
- Maharik
- Matathias trèves
- Medieval french jewry
- Medieval french rabbinic literature
- Moses of coucy
- Sefer mitzvot gadol
- Smag
- Yohanan tre'ves
RAMBI Publications
- RAMBI Publications
- Colon, Joseph -- approximately 1420-1480
- Moses ben Jacob -- of Coucy -- active 13th century -- Sefer mitsvot gadol
- Jewish law -- History
- Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism
- Jews -- Persecutions -- France -- History -- To 1500