Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History, Literature, and Culture

Carol Bakhos, UCLA

Bodily Purification and Bodies of Water: Medieval Views of Ritual Immersion in Rivers, Seas, and Oceans - Dana Fishkin, Touro College

From Scholarly Handbook to Yiddish Bestseller: The Evolution of a Medieval Minhagim Book - Rachel Zohn Mincer, New York University

"Halakhicized" and "Relicized": The Transformations of the Sambatyon Legend in the Early Modern Period - Daniel Stein Kokin, University of Greifswald

David M. Freidenreich, Colby College