Fashioning Jewish Identity in Medieval Western Christendom
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (906 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521831849 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 396 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Doctrine-Based Analysis of Jewish-Christian Religious Disputes in the Middle Ages Author Robert Chazan begins with an introduction to early Christianity. He acknowledges the sometimes-denied fact that TOLDOT YESHU (TOLEDOT YESHU) was in fact a derogatory Jewish counter-story of the life of Jesus Christ. (p. 6, pp. 7A Doctrine-Based Analysis of Jewish-Christian Religious Disputes in the Middle Ages Jan Peczkis Author Robert Chazan begins with an introduction to early Christianity. He acknowledges the sometimes-denied fact that TOLDOT YESHU (TOLEDOT YESHU) was in fact a derogatory Jewish counter-story of the life of Jesus Christ. (p. 6, pp. 74-75).However, Chazan is not interested in Jewish parodies of Christian beliefs. Instead, he turns his focus on serious Jewish counter-claims against the Christian faith, and discusses doctrinal differences in arcane levels of detail. He takes a middle view of the Jewish understanding of Christian beliefs. On one hand, they seldom desce. -75).However, Chazan is not interested in Jewish parodies of Christian beliefs. Instead, he turns his focus on serious Jewish counter-claims against the Christian faith, and discusses doctrinal differences in arcane levels of detail. He takes a middle view of the Jewish understanding of Christian beliefs. On one hand, they seldom desce
This analysis suggests that the Jewish polemicists ultimately attempted to offer their followers a significantly contrasting portrait of Christian and Jewish society: the former as powerful but irrational and morally debased; the latter as weak, but profoundly rational and morally elevated.. Five twelfth- and thirteenth-century polemicists from southern France and northern Spain are the first known Jewish polemicists from western Christendom, who identified major Christian challenges, as well as appropriate responses for fellow Jews under ever-increasing religious pressure
Basser, Queen's University"Fasioning Jewish Identity is clearly written and well conceived, and it provides a cogent portrayal of the religious ideas, polemical techniques, and general social context informing these works that will be useful for both beginner and expert readers. "A useful synthesis of recent scholarship in early Jewish-Christian relations and a provocative basis for discussion of the future of modern Jewry in officially tolerant states." Speculum"highly readable and straightfoward" An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Herbert W. Chazan's exploration of the conceptual disagreeme
. Robert Chazan is Scheuer Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University