1 The Bible and its interpretation: in Muslim Spain 1
2 Abraham Ibn ‘Ezra 72
3 Ibn ‘Ezra, Part 2 128
4 Christian Spain, Part 1: Provence, Catalonia, Aragón (to fourteenth century) 157
5 Christian Spain, Part 2: Aragón-Catalonia fourteenth century 273
6 Bible texts in Spain: manuscripts, editions and translations 309
Biography
Norman Roth is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of several books and numerous articles, and the editor of Medieval Jewish Civilization (2003; 2nd ed., 2016). In 2007 he was awarded the Judaica Bibliography Award of the Association of Jewish Libraries for Dictionary of Iberian Jewish and Converso Authors.
‘Norman Roth, now Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has, in the course of a lengthy academic career, utilized his linguistic talents, his wide reading and his critical mind for the reconstruction of Jewish cultural history in that geographical area and time period, and the current volume is his latest contribution to the discussion … Roth has undoubtedly displayed here an extensive knowledge of the subject, an impressively wide acquaintance with the literature, and an enthusiasm for tackling a vast variety of challenging problems and difficulties’
- Journal of Jewish Studies (Vol. 73, No. 1).
‘Roth establishes a critical dialogue with many opposing voices and perspectives by greatly utilizing the notes sections, demonstrating his knowledge in the field by providing extremely detailed explanations, background information, resources, and commentary. Those interested in medieval Jewish exegesis will find this text valuable as it explores both historical and cultural implications’
- LA CORÓNICA (51:1).
'The Bible and Jews in Medieval Spain is Roth’s definitive work on biblical exegesis...Roth provides readers with just about everything that they should know about medieval Spain and Jewish biblical commentary and scholarship, which makes this book impressive and indispensable as a reference work...[The] volume represents an important contribution to the study of biblical exegesis in general and to the commentaries of medieval Spain in particular.'
- Joshua Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University, Review of Biblical Literature (April 2026)
