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Gilbert Dahan - Christian Polemic against the Jews in the Middle Ages - 9780268008307 - V9780268008307
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Christian Polemic against the Jews in the Middle Ages

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Description for Christian Polemic against the Jews in the Middle Ages Paperback. This study offers an overview of Jewish conditions in medieval Western Christendom, and discusses the changing patterns of Christian-Jewish polemical confrontation during the 12th and 13th centuries. Dahan analyzes the common literary genres through which Christians attempted to convert Jews. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; HRAF; HRCM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.

Gilbert Dahan offers a compact overview of Jewish conditions in medieval Western Christendom, then moves to a discussion of the changing patterns of Christian-Jewish polemical confrontation. Dahan lays particular emphasis on the shift during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries from a fairly open exchange of views to a concerted Christian effort to convert the Jews. After establishing this context, Dahan analyzes the most common literary genres (including disputatio) in which these arguments were couched, their underlying structures and the most important recurring themes. This volume is particularly useful for its clear delineation of the historical phases of Christian polemicizing, its ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268008307
SKU
V9780268008307
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About Gilbert Dahan
Gilbert Dahan is the director of research at l’École pratique des hautes études (religious studies) as well as the director of research at CNRS, Paris. He is also a member of the Laboratoire d’études sur les monothéismes (study of monotheisms). He is an expert in medieval western Jewish and Christian histories and theologies. Jody Gladding is an American ... Read more

Reviews for Christian Polemic against the Jews in the Middle Ages
“The publication of this English version of Dahan’s study is timely, because he presents a remarkable review of what was happening in the field of Christian polemical literature and a guide for situating individual authors in their historical, social, and theological contexts.” —Theological Studies "Dahan's study affords us the best available introduction to medieval Christian anti-Jewish polemics and...would serve as ... Read more

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