Sjimon den Hollander
  • Personal
    • Introduction
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • My Journey to Judaism
    • Testimonials
  • JUDAISM
    • Judaism - Introduction
    • Jewish History and Texts >
      • Paleo Hebrew
      • The Pentateuch
      • Stories of Creation
      • Stories of the Flood
      • Priestly Writings
      • Prophets of Israel and Judah
      • Biblical Poetry
      • Flavius Josephus
      • The Dead Sea Scrolls
      • Midrash
      • Oral Torah and Talmud
      • Origins of Christian Anti-Jewish Attitudes
      • Byzantine Jews Before the Advent of Islam
      • Yannai
      • Jews Under Islam
      • Byzantine Jews After the Advent of Islam
      • Qara'ites
      • Saadia Gaon
      • The Jewish Golden Age (part 1): Hasdai ibn Shaprut
      • The Jewish Golden Age (part 2) Andalusian Poetry
      • The Jewish Golden Age (part 3) Samuel haNagîd and Ibn Gabirol
      • Christian-Jewish Polemics
      • The Crusades and Maoz Tzur
      • Rashi
      • The Tosafists
      • Yehuda haLevi
      • Ritual Murder and Blood Libel
      • The Ḥasidé Ashkenaz
      • Toledot Yeshu
      • Moses Maimonides, Philosopher
      • Moses Maimonides, Rabbi, Leader, Physician
      • Abraham Maimonides
      • Maimonidean Controversies
      • Host Desecration Libels
      • The Barcelona Disputation
      • Qabbala and the Zohar
      • The Cairo Geniza
      • The New Sephardi Identity
      • David Reubeni and Shelomo Molkho
      • Shabbatai Tzevi
      • Da Costa and Spinoza
      • Yiddish Texts
      • Ḥasidism
      • The Jewish Enlightenment
      • Modern Jewish Thinkers
    • Jewish Festivals and Recordings >
      • Shabbat Eve in Synagogue
      • Shabbat Eve at Home
      • Shabbat Morning
      • Purim
      • Omer Counting
      • Shabhu'oth
      • Tish'a beAv
      • The Month of Elul
      • Rosh haShana Eve in Synagogue
      • Rosh haShana Eve at Home
      • Rosh haShana Morning in Synagogue
      • Sukkot: Bendigamos
      • Ḥanukka
    • Jewish Thought >
      • On Modern Orthodoxy
      • Could Jews Accept the Prophets ​of Christianity and Islam?
    • Jewish Law >
      • A Mikwèh in Uganda
      • Shabbat Distance
  • ISLAM
    • Islam - Introduction
    • Islamic Dietary Laws
    • Torah and Qur'an >
      • Tafsîr Al-Tabarî
      • Tafsîr Al-Qurtubî
      • Tafsîr Al-Mîzān
    • Why Do Jews not Believe ​in the Prophet Muhammad?
    • Do Jews Follow the Sunna of Moses?
  • CHRISTIANITY
    • Christianity - Introduction
    • Jesus, the Jewish Messiah
    • Could Jews Accept Jesus as a Prophet?
    • Why do Jews not Accept Jesus as the Messiah?
  • (DIS)COURSES
    • Medieval Hebrew Texts (Course) >
      • Course Classes >
        • Introduction and Important Information
      • Paragraph Assignment >
        • Assignment Explanation
        • Original Text
        • Guidelines for your Paragraph Assignments
        • Finished Chapters >
          • Introduction
          • Chapter 1. Prior Legacies >
            • 1A. The Muslim Legacy
            • 1B. The Christian Legacy
            • 1C. The Jewish Legacy
          • Chapter 2. The Roman Catholic Church >
            • 2A. Theological Doctrine
            • 2B. Ecclesiastical Policies
            • 2C. Imagery of the Jews
            • 2D. Cultural Creativity
            • 2E. Looking Ahead
          • Chapter 3. The Older Jewries of the South >
            • 3A. Southern France
            • 3B. Christian Spain
          • Chapter 4. The Newer Jewries of the North >
            • 4A. Northern France
      • Essay Assignment
      • Syllabus
      • Prep Readings
    • The Jews of Medieval Western Christendom (Chapters)
    • Judeo-Arabic Philosophers
    • Sermons >
      • Rosh haShana >
        • Hardships That Generate Inspiration (2019)
        • Rosh haShana Meditation (2018)
        • Abraham’s Struggles and What We Can Learn From It (2014)
        • The Blessings of Monotheism (2013)
        • Rejecting Human Sacrifice (2012)
      • Yom Kippur >
        • Confession: Guilt Trip, or Acknowledgement? (2019)
        • Yom Kippur and Being Connected (2015)
        • Changing Your Brain (2014)
        • Grow Up and Become a Better Person (2012)
    • Holocaust Commemoration
  • UGANDA
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Prep Readings​

01 Origins of Christian Anti-Judaism
01_-_origins_of_christian_antisemitism.pdf
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02 Byzantine Jews Before Islam
02_-_byzantine_jews_before_islam.pdf
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03 Jews Under Islam
03_-_judaism_under_islam.pdf
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04 Byzantine Jews Post Islam
04_-_the_chronicle_of_ahimaaz.pdf
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05 Qara'ites
05_-_anan_and_the_rise_of_karaism.pdf
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06 Saadia Gaon
06_-_saadia.pdf
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07 Hasdai ibn Shaprut
07_-_hasdai_ibn_shaprut_and_the_khazar_king.pdf
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08 Andalusian Poetry
08_-_arabic_and_hebrew_love_poems_in_andalus.pdf
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09 Samuel haNagid and Ibn Gabirol
09_-_ibn_gabirol.pdf
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10 Christian-Jewish Polemics
10_-_anti-christian_polemics.pdf
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11 The Crusades and Maoz Tzur
11_-_the_crusaders_in_mayence_may_27_1096.pdf
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12 Rashi
12_-_rashi.pdf
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13 Tosafot 
tosafists.pdf
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14 Hasidei Ashkenaz
hasidei_ashkenaz_2.pdf
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15 Yehuda haLevi
14_-_soul_god_and_zion_in_yehuda_halevi.pdf
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16 Abraham Ibn Ezra
abraham_ibn_ezras_concept_of_man.pdf
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17 Ritual Murder Libel
16_-_the_monks_haggadah.pdf
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18 Toledot Yeshu
17_-_new_testament_sources_for_toledot_yeshu.pdf
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19 Moses Maimonides; The Philosopher
18_-_maimonides_the_philosopher.pdf
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20 Moses Maimonides; The Rabbi
19_-_maimonides_the_rabbi.pdf
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21 Abraham Maimonides
20_-_abraham_maimonides.pdf
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22 The Maimonidean Controversy
22_-_who_denounced_maimonides.pdf
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23 Host Desecration Libel
23_-_the_passau_host_desecration_1478.pdf
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24 Qabbala and Zohar
zohar_masterpiece_of_jewish_mysticism.pdf
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25 The Barcelona Disputation
24_-_the_barcelona_disputation_of_1263.pdf
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​26 The New Sephardi Identity
judeo-spanish_drama_a_study_of_sephardic_culture.pdf
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​27 David Reubeni
david_reubeni.pdf
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  • Personal
    • Introduction
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • My Journey to Judaism
    • Testimonials
  • JUDAISM
    • Judaism - Introduction
    • Jewish History and Texts >
      • Paleo Hebrew
      • The Pentateuch
      • Stories of Creation
      • Stories of the Flood
      • Priestly Writings
      • Prophets of Israel and Judah
      • Biblical Poetry
      • Flavius Josephus
      • The Dead Sea Scrolls
      • Midrash
      • Oral Torah and Talmud
      • Origins of Christian Anti-Jewish Attitudes
      • Byzantine Jews Before the Advent of Islam
      • Yannai
      • Jews Under Islam
      • Byzantine Jews After the Advent of Islam
      • Qara'ites
      • Saadia Gaon
      • The Jewish Golden Age (part 1): Hasdai ibn Shaprut
      • The Jewish Golden Age (part 2) Andalusian Poetry
      • The Jewish Golden Age (part 3) Samuel haNagîd and Ibn Gabirol
      • Christian-Jewish Polemics
      • The Crusades and Maoz Tzur
      • Rashi
      • The Tosafists
      • Yehuda haLevi
      • Ritual Murder and Blood Libel
      • The Ḥasidé Ashkenaz
      • Toledot Yeshu
      • Moses Maimonides, Philosopher
      • Moses Maimonides, Rabbi, Leader, Physician
      • Abraham Maimonides
      • Maimonidean Controversies
      • Host Desecration Libels
      • The Barcelona Disputation
      • Qabbala and the Zohar
      • The Cairo Geniza
      • The New Sephardi Identity
      • David Reubeni and Shelomo Molkho
      • Shabbatai Tzevi
      • Da Costa and Spinoza
      • Yiddish Texts
      • Ḥasidism
      • The Jewish Enlightenment
      • Modern Jewish Thinkers
    • Jewish Festivals and Recordings >
      • Shabbat Eve in Synagogue
      • Shabbat Eve at Home
      • Shabbat Morning
      • Purim
      • Omer Counting
      • Shabhu'oth
      • Tish'a beAv
      • The Month of Elul
      • Rosh haShana Eve in Synagogue
      • Rosh haShana Eve at Home
      • Rosh haShana Morning in Synagogue
      • Sukkot: Bendigamos
      • Ḥanukka
    • Jewish Thought >
      • On Modern Orthodoxy
      • Could Jews Accept the Prophets ​of Christianity and Islam?
    • Jewish Law >
      • A Mikwèh in Uganda
      • Shabbat Distance
  • ISLAM
    • Islam - Introduction
    • Islamic Dietary Laws
    • Torah and Qur'an >
      • Tafsîr Al-Tabarî
      • Tafsîr Al-Qurtubî
      • Tafsîr Al-Mîzān
    • Why Do Jews not Believe ​in the Prophet Muhammad?
    • Do Jews Follow the Sunna of Moses?
  • CHRISTIANITY
    • Christianity - Introduction
    • Jesus, the Jewish Messiah
    • Could Jews Accept Jesus as a Prophet?
    • Why do Jews not Accept Jesus as the Messiah?
  • (DIS)COURSES
    • Medieval Hebrew Texts (Course) >
      • Course Classes >
        • Introduction and Important Information
      • Paragraph Assignment >
        • Assignment Explanation
        • Original Text
        • Guidelines for your Paragraph Assignments
        • Finished Chapters >
          • Introduction
          • Chapter 1. Prior Legacies >
            • 1A. The Muslim Legacy
            • 1B. The Christian Legacy
            • 1C. The Jewish Legacy
          • Chapter 2. The Roman Catholic Church >
            • 2A. Theological Doctrine
            • 2B. Ecclesiastical Policies
            • 2C. Imagery of the Jews
            • 2D. Cultural Creativity
            • 2E. Looking Ahead
          • Chapter 3. The Older Jewries of the South >
            • 3A. Southern France
            • 3B. Christian Spain
          • Chapter 4. The Newer Jewries of the North >
            • 4A. Northern France
      • Essay Assignment
      • Syllabus
      • Prep Readings
    • The Jews of Medieval Western Christendom (Chapters)
    • Judeo-Arabic Philosophers
    • Sermons >
      • Rosh haShana >
        • Hardships That Generate Inspiration (2019)
        • Rosh haShana Meditation (2018)
        • Abraham’s Struggles and What We Can Learn From It (2014)
        • The Blessings of Monotheism (2013)
        • Rejecting Human Sacrifice (2012)
      • Yom Kippur >
        • Confession: Guilt Trip, or Acknowledgement? (2019)
        • Yom Kippur and Being Connected (2015)
        • Changing Your Brain (2014)
        • Grow Up and Become a Better Person (2012)
    • Holocaust Commemoration
  • UGANDA
  • عربي
  • NL
  • Contact