REL 2029 Chapter : Rabbinic Judaism Medieval Judaism
Document Summary
Koshur kashrut food prepared in accordance with scriptural and. Trayf = unclean, impure, torn. : repentance if you do wrong, set right with god. Intuitive laws, knowable by human reason: laws against bloodshed, theft, idolatry, incest, eating of flesh from live animals, by mid 700s ce, jews have practice of tolerance toward muslims, Medieval judaism: cultural divergence judaic subcultures emerge, jews begin to recognize selves according to subcultures, sephardim (sephardic) mediterranean jews, especially spain and portugal, also morocco, italy to turkey. Sp and port jews dominate cultural development: sephard obadiah v. 20 contains reference to jews exiled to sephard. Have experienced muslim rule: ashkenazi jews of central and eastern europe, from reference in jeremiah. Descendants migrate to france, england, and largest jewish immigrants to u. s. now largest in world. Speak yiddish language invented by ashes, mix of hebrew and german. Joined together by cultural stuff and experiences persecution by christians throughout middle.
