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    middle ages & medieval period

    Cover of Defending the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem
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    Defend­ing the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Cru­sades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem
    Sha­ran Newman
    Cover of A Vigilant Society: Jewish Thought and the State in Medieval Spain
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    A Vig­i­lant Soci­ety: Jew­ish Thought and the State in Medieval Spain
    Javier Roiz; Selma L. Margaretten, trans.
    Cover of A Mahzor From Worms: Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community
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    A Mah­zor From Worms: Art and Reli­gion in a Medieval Jew­ish Community
    Katrin Kogman-Appel
    Cover of The Intellectual History and Rabbinic Culture of Medieval Ashkenaz
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    The Intel­lec­tu­al His­to­ry and Rab­binic Cul­ture of Medieval Ashkenaz
    Ephraim Kanarfogel
    Cover of Science in Medieval Jewish Cultures
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    Sci­ence in Medieval Jew­ish Cultures
    Gad Freudenthal, ed.
    Cover of The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents From the Cairo Geniza
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    The Voice of the Poor in the Mid­dle Ages: An Anthol­o­gy of Doc­u­ments From the Cairo Geniza
    Mark Cohen
    Cover of Daily Life of the Jews in the Middle Ages
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    Dai­ly Life of the Jews in the Mid­dle Ages
    Norman Roth
    Cover of Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt
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    Pover­ty and Char­i­ty in the Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty of Medieval Egypt
    Mark R. Cohen
    Cover of Beyond Religious Borders: Interaction and Intellectual Exchange in the Medieval Islamic World
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    Beyond Reli­gious Bor­ders: Inter­ac­tion and Intel­lec­tu­al Exchange in the Medieval Islam­ic World
    David M. Freidenreich and Miriam Goldstein, eds.
    Cover of Two Nations in Your Womb: Perceptions of Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
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    Two Nations in Your Womb: Per­cep­tions of Jews and Chris­tians in Late Antiq­ui­ty and the Mid­dle Ages
    Israel Jacob Yuval
    Cover of A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean
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    A Delight­ful Com­pendi­um of Con­so­la­tion: A Fab­u­lous Tale of Romance, Adven­ture and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean
    Bur­ton L. Visotzky
    Cover of Creativity and Tradition: Studies in Medieval Rabbinic Scholarship, Literature, and Thought
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    Cre­ativ­i­ty and Tra­di­tion: Stud­ies in Medieval Rab­binic Schol­ar­ship, Lit­er­a­ture, and Thought
    Israel M. Ta-Shma
    Cover of Jews and Judaism in the Middle Ages
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    Jews and Judaism in the Mid­dle Ages
    Theodore L. Steinberg
    Cover of Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture: Jewish Interpretation and Controversy in Medieval Languedoc
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    Phi­los­o­phy and Rab­binic Cul­ture: Jew­ish Inter­pre­ta­tion and Con­tro­ver­sy in Medieval Languedoc
    Gregg Stern
    Cover of The Apprentice’s Masterpiece: A Story of Medieval Spain
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    The Apprentice’s Mas­ter­piece: A Sto­ry of Medieval Spain
    Melanie Little
    Cover of Rabbinic Culture and Its Critics: Jewish Authority, Dissent, And Heresy in Medieval and Early Modern Times
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    Rab­binic Cul­ture and Its Crit­ics: Jew­ish Author­i­ty, Dis­sent, And Heresy in Medieval and Ear­ly Mod­ern Times
    Daniel Drank and Matt Golfish, eds.
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