TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kanarfogel,Ephraim
TI  - Peering through the lattices: mystical, magical, and pietistic dimensions in the Tosafist period 
SN  - 9780814339947
AV  - BM501.8 .K36 2000
U1  - 296.1/2/00902 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Detroit
PB  - Wayne State University Press
KW  - Tosafot
KW  - fast
KW  - Hasidism, Medieval
KW  - Jewish magic
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Mysticism
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Tosafists
KW  - Hassidisme médiéval
KW  - Tossafistes
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; ""Cover ""; ""Half-title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Abbreviations ""; ""Introduction: Perceptions of Tosafist Spirituality ""; ""1 Asceticism, Pietism, and Perishut ""; ""2 Pietistic Tendencies in Prayer and Ritual ""; ""3 Mysticism and Magic: Pre-Crusade Traditions and the Reaction of Early Tosafists """"4 Between Tosafists and German Pietists ""; ""5 Integration and Expansion during the Thirteenth Century ""; ""6 Conclusions and Implications ""; ""Appendix: Ashkenazic Rabbinic Scholars ""
N2  - During the high Middle Ages, the tosafists flourished in northern Europe and revolutionized the study of the Talmud. These Jewish scholars did not participate in the philosophical and religious thought that concerned Christendom, and today they are seen as having played a limited role in mystical or esoteric studies. Ephraim Kanarfogel now challenges this conventional view of the tosafists, showing that many individuals were influenced by ascetic and pietistic practices and were involved with mystical and magical doctrines. He traces the presence of these disciplines in the pre-Crusade period, shows how they are intertwined, and suggests that the widely available Hekhalot literature was an important conduit for this material. He also demonstrates that the asceticism and esotericism of the German Pietists were an integral part of Ashkenazic rabbinic culture after the failure of Rashbam and other early tosafists to suppress these aspects of pre-Crusade thinking. The identification of these various forms of spirituality places the tosafists among those medieval rabbinic thinkers who sought to supplement their Talmudism with other areas of knowledge such as philosophy and kabbalah, demonstrating the compatibility of rabbinic culture and mysticism. These interests, argues Kanarfogel, explain both references to medieval Ashkenazic rabbinic figures in kabbalistic literature and the acceptance of certain ascetic and mystical practices by later Ashkenazic scholars. Drawing on original manuscript research, Kanarfogel makes available for the first time many passages produced by lesser known tosafists and rabbinic figures and integrates the findings of earlier and contemporary scholarship, much of it published only in Hebrew. "Peering through the Lattices" provides a greater appreciation for these texts and opens up new opportunities for scholarhship in Jewish history and thought
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