Publisher's Synopsis
This volume takes as its theme, Jewish education and learning throughout the ages. For almost 3000 years, centres of Jewish learning have flourished in many parts of the world. It was at these institutions that the Jewish legal and literary works were written and completed. This volume discusses these institutions from biblical times to the present.;This collection of essays has been written by scholars who have been associated with David Patterson and the Oxford Centre. The essays explore the nature and function of the "Jewish Academies" in the broadest sense, the personalities associated with them and their social, cultural and moral effects on the Jewish communities.
