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Abraham's Heirs: Jews and Christians in Medieval Europe
Leonard Glick
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Description for Abraham's Heirs: Jews and Christians in Medieval Europe
Paperback. The author of this book recounts the history of the Ashkenazic Jewish experience in medieval western Europe from the 5th to 15th centuries, focusing on interaction between Jews and Christians during this formative period. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HRAF; HRC; HRJ; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
He demonstrates that Ashkenazic Jewish culture was profoundly shaped and conditioned by life in an overwhelmingly Christian society. Drawing on diverse Christian documents, he portrays Christian beliefs about medieval Jews and Judaism with a degree of detail seldom found in Jewish historics. Emphasizing social, political, and economic history, but also duscussing religious topics, Glick describes the evolution of a complex, inherently unequal relationship. Because the Ashkenazic Jews of medieval Europe were ancestral to almost the entire Jewish population of eastern Europe, their historical experience played a major role in the heritage of most Jewish Americans.
He demonstrates that Ashkenazic Jewish culture was profoundly shaped and conditioned by life in an overwhelmingly Christian society. Drawing on diverse Christian documents, he portrays Christian beliefs about medieval Jews and Judaism with a degree of detail seldom found in Jewish historics. Emphasizing social, political, and economic history, but also duscussing religious topics, Glick describes the evolution of a complex, inherently unequal relationship. Because the Ashkenazic Jews of medieval Europe were ancestral to almost the entire Jewish population of eastern Europe, their historical experience played a major role in the heritage of most Jewish Americans.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815627791
SKU
V9780815627791
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About Leonard Glick
Leonard B. Glick is professor of anthropology at Hampshire College, Amherst, where he teaches cultural anthropological approaches to religion and ethnicity.
Reviews for Abraham's Heirs: Jews and Christians in Medieval Europe
Glick's examination of the social experience of Jews living among Christians in medieval Europe is fascinating. . . . The Crusades, the Jews' relegation from merchants to moneylenders, and Jewish settlement in and subsequent expulsion from England allow Glick to realize his hypothesis. Glick makes this history come alive. An excellent choice for academic, seminary, and public libraries.