Jews in Byzantium: Dialectics of Minority and Majority Cultures

Abstract

At the outset of this vast volume of studies we would like to take the opportunity and thank all those who have precipitated and assisted in the fruition of this massive project. First and foremost we extend our deepest thanks to Scholion-Interdisciplinary Research Center in Judaic Studies operating under the auspices of the Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University and especially its director Prof. Israel Yuval, who relentlessly accompanied and encouraged our project during our three year period of fellowship at the center and after. Alongside him we would like very much to extend our deepest thanks Mrs. Zohar Marcovich for her continuous care and assistance in the group's work, our thanks also go to the staff of the Center, especially Merav Kaddar, all of whom made our stay there a happy and memorable period. We would like to extend our thanks to all the scholars from abroad and from Israel who participated in our semi-nars and concluding conference as well as contributed to our volume and thus to the group's work and success. Above all we would like to thank Ms. Hannah Landes, our most committed, industrious, and in short excellent editor, whose relentless efforts have finally brought this project to its welcome completion.