Read now Pratima Gopalakrishnan’s post about “A Deccan Merchant Association in a Geniza Letter” via the blog of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit.
Category Archives: Publications
New Edition of Judah Hadassi’s Sefer Eshkol ha-Kofer
You can now read Daniel J. Lasker’s edition of Sefer Eshkol Ha-Kofer (“The Book of the Cluster of Henna Blossoms”), written by the Karaite Sage Judah ben Elia Hadassi the Mourner in Constantinople in the mid-twelfth century, is unique in the annals of Hebrew literature, in terms of both content and style. The book is a monumental composition which includes more than 350,000 words, consisting of approximately 400 rhymed acrostics.
Review of: The Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies
You can now read review by Brian Hillman about Leora Batnitzky, Eve Krakowski, Steven Weitzman, eds. The Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies. Princeton University Press, 2025.
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Jewish Visual Culture and Art
You can now read this new book: Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Jewish Visual Culture and Art, Ilil Arbel and Alec Mishory (Frank & Timme Verlag: Berlin, 2026).
A review is available in German by Silvio Barta.
Christlich-jüdische Beziehungen in Aschkenas während des 13. und 14. Jahrhunderts
Neuer Band zu Christlich-jüdische Beziehungen in Aschkenas während des 13. und 14. Jahrhunderts. Neue Einsichten in die vielfältige Quellenüberlieferung, hg. v. Jörg R. Müller, Stuttgart 2026.
New book — “Anti-Jewish Greek Texts in Late Medieval Crete: The Case of Manouel Savios and Angelos Gregorios,” by Eleftherios Despotakis
Brepols, 2026
New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review
You can now read the new issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review 116.3 (2026), with much medieval content.
Kabbalah: Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts 65 (2026)
Out now is the new volume of Kabbalah: Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts 65 (2026).
New Critical Edition Available: Daniel J. Lasker (ed.), Judah ben Elijah Hadassi: Sefer Eshkol ha-Kofer. With the collaboration of David Sklare and Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis (Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies, 2026).
“And I Gave Ashū 15 Malikīs and 4 Mithqāls”: New Documents of Avraham Ibn Yijū and Ashū
You can now read Alan Elbaum’s blog post ““And I Gave Ashū 15 Malikīs and 4 Mithqāls”: New Documents of Avraham Ibn Yijū and Ashū (T-S NS 324.111)” via the Tayler-Schechter Genizah Research Unit.