Christian-Jewish Relations 1000-1300

Jews in the Service of Medieval Christendom
2. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-367-55223-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 389 g

Reihe: The Medieval World

This new and revised edition of Christian–Jewish Relations 1000–1300 expands its survey of medieval Christian–Jewish relations in England, Spain, France and Germany with new material on canon law, biblical exegesis and Christian–Jewish polemics, along with an updated Further Reading section.

Anna Sapir Abulafia’s balanced yet humane account analyses the theological, socio-economic and political services Jews were required to render to medieval Christendom. The nature of Jewish service varied greatly as Christian rulers struggled to reconcile the desire to profit from the presence of Jewish men and women in their lands with conflicting theological notions about Judaism. Jews meanwhile had to deal with the many competing authorities and interests in the localities in which they lived; their continued presence hinged on a fine balance between theology and pragmatism.

The book examines the impact of the Crusades on Christian–Jewish relations and analyses how anti-Jewish libels were used to define relations. Making adept use of both Latin and Hebrew sources, Abulafia draws on liturgical and exegetical material, and narrative, polemical and legal sources, to give a vivid and accurate sense of how Christians interacted with Jews and Jews with Christians.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abulafia, Anna Sapir

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: The antecedents of Jewish service  1. Augustine and Roman law 2. Gregory the Great and canon law  Part 2: The political and socio-economic realities of Jewish service  3. The Jews of Germany 4. The Jews of France 5. The Jews of England 6. The Jews of the Latin Mediterranean  Part 3: The religious and cultural ambiguities of Jewish service  7. Jewish experience of the crusades 8. Anti-Jewish libels 9. Jewish service in encounters between Christians and Jews 10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Anna Sapir Abulafia is Professor Emerita of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions at the University of Oxford and an international authority on the medieval Christian–Jewish debate. Her books include Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.