Daily Medieval

Yesterday we started looking at some of the predictions about the Jewish Messiah appearing in the 12th century. The 13th century had its ow...

The mention of Jewish mysticism likely evokes the Kabbalah, but there were other forms. I suppose you could argue that it begins with Adam, ...

Technically, the title of this post is the same as yesterday's , because Sefer Yetzirah translates as "The Book of Formation....

There is a much-studied document in Jewish literature whose origin is unknown. It has been considered the work of a 1st-century Rabbi Akiva,...