by hadassah | Jan 28, 2009 | Kingdom of Jerusalem-Crusader Period
Kingdom of Jerusalem-Crusader Period, 1099-1295 Highlights- Siege of Jerusalem, 1099 Richard the Lionhearted, 1157–1199 Benjamin of Tudela’s First Letter from Jerusalem, c. 1165 Benjamin of Tudela’s Second Letter from Jerusalem, c. 1165...
by hadassah | Nov 3, 2008 | Kingdom of Jerusalem-Crusader Period
Talmud, 13th century During the Middle Ages the Talmud was the target of relentless condemnation, vilification and censorship by the Christian Church. Vicious hostility to its allegedly offensive and blasphemous contents led to frequent public burnings, the...
by hadassah | Oct 30, 2008 | Crusader Period
Cairo Genizah Guidebook The Cairo Geniza is an accumulation of almost 200,000 Jewish manuscripts that were found in the genizah of the Ben Ezra synagogue (built 882) of Fustat, Egypt (now Old Cairo), the Basatin cemetery east of Old Cairo, and a number of old...
