Medieval History
When Jonathan Ray looks at history, he?s not looking for easy answers. In his efforts to piece together the daily lives and identities of medieval Jews living in Christian and Muslim territories, he?s found that ?the norm is something a little bit messier, [a little bit] more complex? than many might imagine.
Ray is the Samuel Eig Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies in the Theology Department at Georgetown. His latest book, The Sephardic Frontier: The Reconquista and the Jewish Community in Medieval Iberia
, recently received the prestigious John Nichols Brown Prize from the Medieval Academy of America, presented annually for the best first book on any topic in Medieval Studies. The prize committee applauded "Ray's exceptional book? and its interdisciplinary approach that ?brings an entirely new dimension that will encourage future researchers to look beyond accepted models.? They continue, ?It is a book that many medievalists, whether Iberianists or not, will want to know and share, as a model, with their students."
Click here to read the full article from Georgetown University
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Medieval History
The Sephardic Frontier: The Reconquista and the Jewish Community in Medieval Iberia
When Jonathan Ray looks at history, he?s not looking for easy answers. In his efforts to piece together the daily lives and identities of medieval Jews living in Christian and Muslim territories, he?s found that ?the norm is something a little bit messier, [a little bit] more complex? than many might imagine.
Ray is the Samuel Eig Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies in the Theology Department at Georgetown. His latest book, The Sephardic Frontier: The Reconquista and the Jewish Community in Medieval Iberia
, recently received the prestigious John Nichols Brown Prize from the Medieval Academy of America, presented annually for the best first book on any topic in Medieval Studies. The prize committee applauded "Ray's exceptional book? and its interdisciplinary approach that ?brings an entirely new dimension that will encourage future researchers to look beyond accepted models.? They continue, ?It is a book that many medievalists, whether Iberianists or not, will want to know and share, as a model, with their students."Click here to read the full article from Georgetown University
- Becoming The People Of The Talmud: Oral Torah As Written Tradition In Medieval Jewish Cultures Wins 2011 National Jewish Book Award
A University of Pennsylvania professor has been recognized by the Jewish Book Council for her work this past year. Last Monday, Talya Fishman was awarded a 2011 National Jewish Book Award for her book Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah as Written...
- Two Poets From Medieval Spain
The great medieval Jewish poets of Spain are part and parcel of our Jewish heritage; names like Dunash ibn Labrat, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Moses ibn Ezra, Samuel Hanagid and Yehuda Halevi immediately come to mind. However, it comes as no surprise that all...
- John Van Engen Wins Grundler Prize
Western Michigan University has awarded the prestigious Grundler Prize to a University of Notre Dame scholar for his book, Sisters and Brothers of the Common Life: The Devotio Moderna and the World of the Later Middle Ages. The prize was awarded at the...
- Award For Book 'the Kuzari And The Shaping Of Jewish Identity, 1167-1900 '
Adam Shear, assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Pittsburgh, is the winner of the Morris D. Forkosch Prize for the best book in intellectual history published in 2008. The prize is awarded by the Journal of the History of Ideas....
- Calling All Canadians
This is a repeat announcement and reminder. If you are a landed immigrant to Canada, or a Canadian citizen, and have published a book on any medieval topic (early to late) during 2009, you may be eligible to be nominated for the Margaret Wade Labarge...