Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History, Literature, and Culture

Jay R. Berkovitz, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Denaturalizing medieval rabbinic law: Two case studies from the Cairo Geniza - Eve Krakowski, Yale University

Legal Representation: The Depiction of Litigious Women in Medieval Responsa - Rachel Furst, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Freie Universitaet Berlin

Perception of Jewish Law by non-Jewish Jurists in Early Modern Ashkenaz - Birgit Elke Klein, Hochschule fuer Juedische Studien Heidelberg (Germany)

The Increasing Reliance on Ritual Handbooks: Minhagim Books and Halakhic Manuals in Pre-Print Era Ashkenaz - Rachel Zohn Mincer, New York University