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>Studies of Leadership Phenomenon in Jewish Communities during the Middle Ages
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Year:
2023
Catalog number :
45-006209
ISBN:
978-965-7808-34-4
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657
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Studies of Leadership Phenomenon in Jewish Communities during the Middle Ages

A Jubilee Festschrift on the Occasion of the Seventieth Birthday of Prof. Menachem Ben-Sasson

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A jubilee volume in honor of Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson. The book, which contains 22 articles written by Prof. Ben-Sasson's colleagues, students, friends, and family members is dedicated to phenomena of leadership in the Jewish world. The various articles examine conceptions, practices and ways of Jewish leadership from diverse perspectives and in varied times and places. They are based on variegated sources: historical and judicial documents, biblical exegeses, poetry, letters, Responsa, polemical and philosophical writings. The volume is a tribute to Prof. Ben Sasson's extensive academic and public activity.