Jewish Craftspeople in the Middle Ages -

Jewish Craftspeople in the Middle Ages

Objects, Sources and Materials
Buch | Hardcover
450 Seiten
2025
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-078798-6 (ISBN)
119,95 inkl. MwSt
The series focuses on the evolution of Jewish language, literature, communal life and religious ideology outside of the Land of Israel and in relation to it. The approach is inter-disciplinary with an emphasis on mutual influences between Jews and their non-Jewish environment. The series welcomes studies that span different periods and a variety of geographical areas.
The significant participation of Jews in medieval European daily life culture and economy is common knowledge in modern Jewish Studies. We know that Jews used the same objects as Christians did. Scholars therefore are speaking of the shared or entangled culture of both groups. But in general it is assumed that most of these objects were made by Christian craftspeople, organized in guilds. However, Jewish craftspeople existed as well and are testified by manifold different sources. Yet, this field to date has not been studied adequately. Sources providing evidence of medieval Jewish craftspeople are rather scarce at first glance, especially in Northern Europe. In the Mediterranean, most regions with Jewish populations have a much broader base of sources. We can find Jews in medieval Europe working as turners, dyers, window makers, weavers, goldsmiths, armorers, dicers, belt makers, glaziers, playing card makers, bricklayers, tailors, watchmakers and mouse trap makers – to mention only a few. A number of questions arise from these references, for example regarding the most common professions, the customers or the relationship with Christian craftspeople. In order to answer these questions, an interdisciplinary approach is necessary.

lt;p>Simha Goldin, Tel Aviv, Andreas Lehnertz, Jerusalem, Maria Stürzebecher, Erfurt, Joseph Isaac Lifshitz, Jerusalem.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.8.2025
Reihe/Serie Rethinking Diaspora ; 5
Zusatzinfo 25 b/w and 25 col. ill.
Verlagsort Berlin/Boston
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 230 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Judentum
Schlagworte crafts and craftspeople • Handwerk • Jewish daily Llfe • Jewish Medieval History • Jüdische Geschichte • Mittelalter • objects • Zünfte
ISBN-10 3-11-078798-9 / 3110787989
ISBN-13 978-3-11-078798-6 / 9783110787986
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