Jews in Provintzia: In Memory of Moshe Lazar

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Société Guilhem IX

Organizer Name

Valerie M. Wilhite

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Oregon

Presider Name

Wendy Pfeffer

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Louisville

Paper Title 1

The Life of Jewish Letters in Provintzia

Presenter 1 Name

Valerie M. Wilhite

Paper Title 2

Sources of Wisdom among Jewish Provincials in Occitania

Presenter 2 Name

Lisa S. Bevevino

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Minnesota-Morris

Paper Title 3

Jewish Legal Culture in Medieval Occitania

Presenter 3 Name

Pinchas Roth

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev

Start Date

8-5-2014 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1235

Description

1. Jews in Provintzia: in memory of Moshe Lazar (panel)

Lazar's interests were almost without bounds so it was difficult to narrow the topic of our session to a single slice of his scholarship. Jewish Studies scholarship on communities in Occitania, called Provintzia in the medieval Hebrew sources is quite healthy. Nonetheless there is little dialogue between Occitan Studies and Jewish Studies. We hereby wish to open the dialogue by inviting papers that discuss Jews in Provintzia for our Société Guilhem IX sessions at Kalamazoo.

Valerie M. Wilhite