Medieval History and Literature

The seminal medieval history of the Second Commonwealth period of ancient Jewish history.

Explores Jewish criminals—alleged and actual—in Medieval Europe and how they’ve been shaped by society.

A folkloric research project on Sefer ha-ma’asim.

Examines the intellectual proclivities of twelfth- and thirteenth-century Ashkenazic rabbinic culture as a whole.

Examines dissent from rabbinic Judaism in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period to consider it as a category within the history and culture of the Jewish people.

Kanarfogel makes available for the first time many passages produced by lesser known tosafists and rabbinic figures and integrates the findings of earlier and contemporary scholarship, much of it published only in Hebrew. "