Fashioning Jewish identity in medieval western Christendom

During the course of the twelfth century, increasing numbers of Jews migrated into dynamically developing western Christendom from Islamic lands. The vitality that attracted them also presented a challenge: Christianity - from early in its history - had proclaimed itself heir to a failed Jewish comm...

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主要作者: Chazan, Robert (Author)
格式: 電子 圖書
語言:English
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出版: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2004.
In:Year: 2004
評論:Fashioning Jewish Identity in Medieval Western Christendom (2005) (Domhardt, Yvonne)
[Rezension von: Chazan, Robert, Fashioning Jewish Identity in Medieval Western Christendom] (2006) (Novikoff, Alex)
Further subjects:B Jesus Christ Messiahship
B Christianity Controversial literature History and criticism
B Judaism ; France, Southern ; History ; To 1500
B Judaism (France, Southern) History To 1500
B Judaism ; Apologetic works ; History and criticism
B Jesus Christ
B Judaism (Spain, Northern) History To 1500
B Jesus Christ ; Messiahship
B Judaism ; Spain, Northern ; History ; To 1500
B Judaism Spain, Northern History, To 1500
B Judaism France, Southern History, To 1500
B Judaism Apologetic works History and criticism
B Christianity ; Controversial literature ; History and criticism
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780521831840
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總結:During the course of the twelfth century, increasing numbers of Jews migrated into dynamically developing western Christendom from Islamic lands. The vitality that attracted them also presented a challenge: Christianity - from early in its history - had proclaimed itself heir to a failed Jewish community and thus the vitality of western Christendom was both appealing and threatening to the Jewish immigrants. Indeed, western Christendom was entering a phase of intense missionising activity, some of which was directed at the long-term Jewish residents of Europe and the Jewish newcomers. This 2003 study examines the techniques of persuasion adopted by the Jewish polemicists in order to reassure their Jewish readers of the truth of Judaism and the error of Christianity. At the very deepest level, these Jewish authors sketched out for their fellow Jews a comparative portrait of Christian and Jewish societies - the former powerful but irrational and morally debased, the latter the weak but reasonable and morally elevated - urging that the obvious and sensible choice was Judaism.
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
ISBN:0511496435
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511496431