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Pinchas Roth Pinchas Roth (PR) is a post-doctoral fellow at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Reviews Nonfiction The JPS Bible Commentary: Song of Songs Michael Fishbane Nonfiction The Secret Faith of Maestre Honoratus: Profayt Duran and Jewish Identity in Late Medieval Iberia Maud Kozodoy Nonfiction Leadership and Conflict: Tensions in Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture Marc Saperstein Nonfiction Outside the Bible, 3‑Volume Set: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel & Lawrence H. Schiffman, eds. Nonfiction A Vigilant Society: Jewish Thought and the State in Medieval Spain Javier Roiz; Selma L. Margaretten, trans. Nonfiction After Expulsion: 1492 and the Making of Sephardic Jewry Jonathan Ray Nonfiction A Mahzor From Worms: Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community Katrin Kogman-Appel Nonfiction A Window on Their World: The Court Diary of Rabbi Hayyim Gundersheim — Frankfurt am Main, 1773 – 1794 Edward Fram Nonfiction The Trial of the Talmud: Paris, 1240 John Friedman, Jean Connell Hoff & Robert Chazan Nonfiction The Intellectual History and Rabbinic Culture of Medieval Ashkenaz Ephraim Kanarfogel Nonfiction Between Christian and Jew: Conversion and Inquisition in the Crown of Aragon, 1250 – 1391 Paola Tartakoff Nonfiction Beyond Religious Borders: Interaction and Intellectual Exchange in the Medieval Islamic World David M. Freidenreich and Miriam Goldstein, eds. Nonfiction The Hebrew Book in Early Modern Italy Joseph R. Hacker and Adam Shear, eds. Nonfiction Moses and the Journey to Leadership: Timeless Lessons of Effective Management From the Bible and Today’s Leaders Norman J. Cohen Nonfiction Concealment and Revelation: Esotericism in Jewish Thought and its Philosophical Implications Moshe Halbertal; Jackie Feldman, trans. Pagination Page 1 Next page ››
Nonfiction The Secret Faith of Maestre Honoratus: Profayt Duran and Jewish Identity in Late Medieval Iberia Maud Kozodoy
Nonfiction Leadership and Conflict: Tensions in Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture Marc Saperstein
Nonfiction Outside the Bible, 3‑Volume Set: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel & Lawrence H. Schiffman, eds.
Nonfiction A Vigilant Society: Jewish Thought and the State in Medieval Spain Javier Roiz; Selma L. Margaretten, trans.
Nonfiction A Mahzor From Worms: Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community Katrin Kogman-Appel
Nonfiction A Window on Their World: The Court Diary of Rabbi Hayyim Gundersheim — Frankfurt am Main, 1773 – 1794 Edward Fram
Nonfiction The Intellectual History and Rabbinic Culture of Medieval Ashkenaz Ephraim Kanarfogel
Nonfiction Between Christian and Jew: Conversion and Inquisition in the Crown of Aragon, 1250 – 1391 Paola Tartakoff
Nonfiction Beyond Religious Borders: Interaction and Intellectual Exchange in the Medieval Islamic World David M. Freidenreich and Miriam Goldstein, eds.
Nonfiction Moses and the Journey to Leadership: Timeless Lessons of Effective Management From the Bible and Today’s Leaders Norman J. Cohen
Nonfiction Concealment and Revelation: Esotericism in Jewish Thought and its Philosophical Implications Moshe Halbertal; Jackie Feldman, trans.