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Studies and Essays in Honor of Abraham A. Neuman. Edited by Meir Ben-Horin, Bernard D. Weinryb, Solomon Zeitlin. Dropsie College, Philadelphia, Pa. ; E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1962 ; 8°, 649 pages.
To appraise this work adequately would require almost as many reviewers as there are articles. Reflecting Dr. Neuman's broad scholarly and humanistic interests, the volume contains such diversi¬ fied studies as «The Etymology of Arabic Ma'tam, 'Mourning
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Assembly,' «by Meir Bravmann (pp. 49-87), «Samaritan Proverbs, » by Theodore H. Gaster (pp. 228-42), «The Beginnings of East-European Jewry in Legend and Historiography, » by Bernard D. Weinryb (pp. 445-502), «On Being Jewish Today, » by Horace M. Kallen (pp. 308-28). Since this reviewer cannot evaluate the biblical, philological, sociological, or even the historical articles, which are outside his field of competence, he will limit himself to a discussion of only three of the thirty-four articles.
It is always a pleasure to read anything written in the delightful, unpretentious style of Cecil Roth, and «The Ordinary Jew in the Middle Ages » (pp. 424-37) is no exception. In this study the author raises the disturbing question : How did the ordinary Jew live ? He is not referring to the rabbi, the scientist, or the m
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Norman Roth, “Frederick II Hohenstaufen (1194-1250),” in Norman Roth, ed., Medieval Jewish Civilization: An Encyclopedia (New York and London: Routledge, 2003), 270-273
Frankfurt ---------. Urkundenbuch zur Geschichte der Juden in Frankfurt am Main von 1150—1400 (Frankfurt, 1914). --------- . Geschichte der Juden in Frankfurt am Maim (1150—1824) (Frankfurt, 1925), 2 vols. Wamers, Egon. Die Judengasse in Frankfurt am Main: Ergebnisse der archaologischen Untersuchungen am Borneplatz (Stuttgart, 2000). Frederick II Hohenstaufen (1194-1250) One of the most interesting, and most influential, medieval rulers was Frederick II Hohenstaufen (the family name of the German dynasty that ruled as Holy Roman Emperors from the eleventh to the middle of the thirteenth centuries). Frederick II (1194—1250) was outstanding for his favorable treat ment of Jews, and he was unique in this respect in medieval Europe (outside of Spain). Though his grandfather Frederick I Barbarosa (1152-1190) had a record of generally favorable treatment of Jews and was highly praised by them, his father, Henry VI (1190-1197), did little of note to promote Jews or Jewish culture. An ambitious and perhaps even ruth less king interested in consolidating and expanding his power, Henry VTs main achievement was taking