Naked in the Water: Medieval Architecture and Jewish Purification Practices
As European cities laboured to replace wooden churches with larger stone ones after the first millennium, Jewish communities began a concurrent re-designing of their own public monuments. This lecture focuses on Jewish ritual baths from the 12th and 13th centuries. Built to facilitate physical and spiritual transformation, these unique structures offer a window into some of the biggest theological debates of the Middle Ages.
Date:
16 November 2021, 17:15 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Venue:
Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details:
Sultan Nazrin Shah Auditorium
Speaker:
Neta Bodner (Open University of Israel)
Organising department:
Worcester College
Organiser:
Israel and Ione Massada Fellowship Programme (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editors:
Frances Roach,
Alberto Garzoni
