Between Christian and Jew

Between Christian and Jew
Author :
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 225
Release :
ISBN-13 : 9780812206753
ISBN-10 : 0812206754
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Between Christian and Jew by : Paola Tartakoff

Download or read book Between Christian and Jew written by Paola Tartakoff and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1341 in Aragon, a Jewish convert to Christianity was sentenced to death, only to be pulled from the burning stake and into a formal religious interrogation. His confession was as astonishing to his inquisitors as his brush with mortality is to us: the condemned man described a Jewish conspiracy to persuade recent converts to denounce their newfound Christian faith. His claims were corroborated by witnesses and became the catalyst for a series of trials that unfolded over the course of the next twenty months. Between Christian and Jew closely analyzes these events, which Paola Tartakoff considers paradigmatic of inquisitorial proceedings against Jews in the period. The trials also serve as the backbone of her nuanced consideration of Jewish conversion to Christianity—and the unwelcoming Christian response to Jewish conversions—during a period that is usually celebrated as a time of relative interfaith harmony. The book lays bare the intensity of the mutual hostility between Christians and Jews in medieval Spain. Tartakoff's research reveals that the majority of Jewish converts of the period turned to baptism in order to escape personal difficulties, such as poverty, conflict with other Jews, or unhappy marriages. They often met with a chilly reception from their new Christian brethren, making it difficult to integrate into Christian society. Tartakoff explores Jewish antagonism toward Christians and Christianity by examining the aims and techniques of Jews who sought to re-Judaize apostates as well as the Jewish responses to inquisitorial prosecution during an actual investigation. Prosecutions such as the 1341 trial were understood by papal inquisitors to be in defense of Christianity against perceived Jewish attacks, although Tartakoff shows that Christian fears about Jewish hostility were often exaggerated. Drawing together the accounts of Jews, Jewish converts, and inquisitors, this cultural history offers a broad study of interfaith relations in medieval Iberia.


Between Christian and Jew Related Books

Between Christian and Jew
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Paola Tartakoff
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-24 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In 1341 in Aragon, a Jewish convert to Christianity was sentenced to death, only to be pulled from the burning stake and into a formal religious interrogation.
Jewish Book - Christian Book
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Ilona Steimann
Categories: Christian Hebraists
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: Brepols Publishers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Jewish Book - Christian Book: Hebrew Manuscripts in Transition between Jews and Christians in the Context of German Humanism is intended as a contribution to th
When Christians Were Jews
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Paula Fredriksen
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-23 - Publisher: Yale University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A compelling account of Christianity’s Jewish beginnings, from one of the world’s leading scholars of ancient religion How did a group of charismatic, apoca
Salvation is from the Jews (John 4:22)
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Aaron Milavec
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Liturgical Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Growing up in an ethnic suburb in Cleveland, Aaron Milavec was an impressionable adolescent whose religious and cultural influences made it natural for him to p
The Misunderstood Jew
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Amy-Jill Levine
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-13 - Publisher: Harper Collins

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the The Misunderstood Jew, scholar Amy-Jill Levine helps Christians and Jews understand the "Jewishness" of Jesus so that their appreciation of him deepens a