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Contents Preface 9 Acknowledgments 13 Abbreviations 17 Introduction: Perceptions of Tosafist Spirituality 19 l Asceticism, Pietism, and Perishut 33 2 Pietistic Tendencies in Prayer and Ritual 93 3 Mysticism and Magic: Pre-Crusade Traditions and the Reaction of Early Tosafists 131 4 Between Tosafists and German Pietists 189 5 Integration and Expansion during the Thirteenth Century 221 6 Conclusions and Implications 251 Appendix: Ashkenazic Rabbinic Scholars 259 Index of Manuscript References 261 Index of Names and Subjects 265 ...

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