You can now read the articles in the new volume The Co-production of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Artefacts, Rituals, Communities, Narratives, Doctrines, Concepts, ed. Katharina Heyden and David Nirenberg (Turnhout: Brepols, 2025), with much medieval content.
Category Archives: Publications
New book: François Soyer, The Blood Libel in Medieval Antisemitism
Arc Humanities Press, July 2025.

People of the Image. Jews and Art
The new book by Marc M. Epstein, People of the Image. Jews and Art (Penn State University Press, 2025) is out.
New Book: Solomonic Magic. Methodology, Texts, and Histories by Gal Sofer
Solomonic magic has captivated imaginations for centuries, yet its definition remains elusive. Is it a specialized branch linked to King Solomon, or a broader classification of practices attributed to him? This book explores the mysterious world of demon subjugation, examining previously unknown texts in multiple languages (Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and more) to reveal the historical evolution of this magical tradition. Divided into three parts, the book presents analyses of key manuscripts and examines the historical influence of Hebrew texts on later traditions. Featuring many unpublished manuscripts, this book challenges previous scholarly assumptions and offers a new perspective on the textual network that shaped medieval and early modern magical works.
In 2021, Gal Sofer reported on his research here on the blog: Researcher of the Week in September 2021.
The Art of Weaving and the Art of Embroidery: Jewish Women’s Professions in a Medieval European Perspective
Read this new piece by Elisheva Baumgarten, “The Art of Weaving and the Art of Embroidery: Jewish Women’s Professions in a Medieval European Perspective,” in: Von unbequemen Dominikanern, organisierten Handwerkern und gefertigten Dingen. Festschrift für Sabine von Heusinger zum 60. Geburtstag, ed. Julia Bruch, Eva-Maria Cersovsky, and Andreas Lehnertz. Mittelalter. Interdisziplinäre Forschung und Rezeptionsgeschichte, Beihefte 5.2, pp. 71–80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.26012/mittelalter-34532.
Jews and Judaism in the Poetry and Prose of the Persian Sufi Abū Sa‘īd-i Abū l-Ḫayr
You can now read this new article by Paul B. Fenton, “Jews and Judaism in the Poetry and Prose of the Persian Sufi Abū Sa‘īd-i Abū l-Ḫayr (967–1049 CE): An Approach to the Religious Other in Medieval Islamic Society,” Religions 16(4) (2025): 476 (Open Access).
New thematic issue of Aschkenas 35 (2025): Jewish Moneylending and Documentary Culture in the Middle Ages, featuring the work of many of our board members!
Thematic Issue: Jewish Moneylending and Documentary Culture in the Middle Ages I (part II to follow in issue 2.2025)
Ed. by Eveline Brugger, Dean A. Irwin und Birgit Wiedl
CONTENTS:
Continue reading New thematic issue of Aschkenas 35 (2025): Jewish Moneylending and Documentary Culture in the Middle Ages, featuring the work of many of our board members!Documents Entangled: Tax Receipts from the Bamiyan Papers and the Cairo Geniza
Read this new Fragment of the Month post by Arezou Azad, “Documents Entangled: Tax Receipts from the Bamiyan Papers and the Cairo Geniza”.
Hebrew Manuscripts and Fragments in Switzerland
Read this post by Justine Isserles about “Hebrew Manuscripts and Fragments in Switzerland”.
Carla Meyer-Schlenkrich, “Adolf Kober, ‘Grundbuch des Kölner Judenviertels 1135–1425′”
You can now read this German article by Carla Meyer-Schlenkrich, “Adolf Kober, ‘Grundbuch des Kölner Judenviertels 1135–1425’ (1920). Kartierung einer verlorenen Welt,” Quellenpublikationen der Gesellschaft für Rheinische Geschichtskunde, ed. Stephan Laux (Cologne: Böhlau, 2025), 259–84.