Tumultus Et Rumor in Sinagoga: An Aspect of Social Life of Provençal Jews in the Middle Ages
It is impossible to discuss the social life or the organization of the Jewish community in the Middle Ages without noting the fact that the synagogue was its center. In many cases the synagogue was the only building owned by the community as such, the only institution that actually was at everyone...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
1977
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AJS review
Year: 1977, Volume: 2, Pages: 227-255 |
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Summary: | It is impossible to discuss the social life or the organization of the Jewish community in the Middle Ages without noting the fact that the synagogue was its center. In many cases the synagogue was the only building owned by the community as such, the only institution that actually was at everyone's disposal. It did not always happen to be a special kind of building constructed or dedicated to the worship of God: sometimes one of the city's houses, or an apartment, or a room, would serve as a synagogue. Thus we hear that in the town of Manosque in Southern France—the location of our episodes—there was in the year 1311 a synagogue located at what had formerly been the house of Macip, one of the community's members. |
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ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S036400940000026X |