Tradition and Crisis: Jewish Society at the End of the Middle Ages

by Jacob Katz

Book Overview

"An acknowledged classic. Katz has transformed our conception of Jewish history from the 16th to the 18th century. Because of his work, we now understand that the ghetto was no longer sealed off at... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805203168
• ISBN13: 9780805203165
• Release Date: September 1973
• Publisher: Schocken Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Incomplete

This is, unfortunately, the only book of Jewish Medieval thought for the secular reader, that I know of. As such, it's a valuable source, but it's incomplete.

A small classic

This study of Jewish life at the end of the Middle Ages was when it was first published in the early sixties considered a breakthrough work. The late Yaakov Katz was for many decades one of the outstanding students of Jewish social life. This work is a model of clarity in both conception and writing.