Ancient/Medieval Jewish History

Daily relations between Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages.

In the early Middle Ages, leading scholars across Europe and North Africa produced different genres of legal writings.

A legal code for the Jews of medieval North Africa and Spain.

Rema's glosses emended and enhanced the Shulchan Aruch.

Maimonides' halachic magnum opus.

As Jewish communities grew throughout the Muslim world, they developed their own rabbinical schools and scholars.

What daily life was like from the first through fifth centuries.

The Temple's destruction, the transfer of leadership to Babylon, and the Persian return to Israel reflect the larger political conflicts of the ancient world.

Palestine goes Greek.

Judea becomes a Roman tributary.

The historical importance and practical history of rebuilding ancient Judaism's sacred center.

The accusation that blood was used to make wine or matzah for Passover was a pretext for attacks on Jews.