{"product_id":"fashioning-jewish-identity-in-medieval-western-christendom-hardback-9780521831840","title":"Fashioning Jewish Identity in Medieval Western Christendom (Hardback) 9780521831840","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFashioning Jewish Identity in Medieval Western Christendom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 2003 study examines the techniques of persuasion adopted by the Jewish polemicists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Chazan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521831840, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 November 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.75 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Chazan has written an incredibly well-organized, well-argued book.  Each piece of evidence presented is laid on a solid foundation created in previous chapters, and his progression from antiquity to the middle ages is well thought out.\" - Melissa Bruninga-Matteau, History, UC Irvine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDuring the course of the twelfth century, increasing numbers of Jews migrated into dynamically developing western Christendom from Islamic lands. The vitality that attracted them also presented a challenge: Christianity - from early in its history - had proclaimed itself heir to a failed Jewish community and thus the vitality of western Christendom was both appealing and threatening to the Jewish immigrants. Indeed, western Christendom was entering a phase of intense missionising activity, some of which was directed at the long-term Jewish residents of Europe and the Jewish newcomers. This 2003 study examines the techniques of persuasion adopted by the Jewish polemicists in order to reassure their Jewish readers of the truth of Judaism and the error of Christianity. At the very deepest level, these Jewish authors sketched out for their fellow Jews a comparative portrait of Christian and Jewish societies - the former powerful but irrational and morally debased, the latter the weak but reasonable and morally elevated - urging that the obvious and sensible choice was Judaism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Short titles for frequently cited texts\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Backdrop: 1. Jesus and the Jews: the gospel accounts\u003cbr\u003e 2. Post-Gospel Christian argumentation: continuities and expansions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Pre-twelfth-century Jewish argumentation\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Data and Foundations: 4. The Jewish polemicists of southern France and northern Spain\u003cbr\u003e 5. Scriptural and alternative lines of argumentation\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Jesus as Messiah: 6. Biblical prophecy: messianic advent\u003cbr\u003e 7. Biblical prophecy: the Messiah reviled and vindicated\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Rejection of the Messiah and Rejection of the Jews: 8. Biblical prophecy and empirical observation: displacement of the Jews\u003cbr\u003e 9. Biblical prophecy: redemption of the Jews\u003cbr\u003e 10. Biblical prophecy and empirical observation: Christian failures\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Messiah Human and Divine: 11. Biblical prophecy: the Messiah human and divine\u003cbr\u003e 12. Human reason: the Messiah human and divine\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Jewish Polemicists on the Attack: 13. Christian Scripture and Jesus\u003cbr\u003e 14. Comparative behaviors: Jewish achievement and Christian shortcoming\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Underlying Issues: 15. Techniques of persuasion\u003cbr\u003e 16. Fashioning identities: other and self\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of subjects and proper names\u003cbr\u003e Scripture index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Jewish studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Jewish studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Jewish%20studies%20%5BJFSR1%5D%22\"\u003eJFSR1\u003c\/a\u003e], History of religion [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of religion\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20religion%20%5BHRAX%5D%22\"\u003eHRAX\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e], Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265195200792,"sku":"9780521831840","price":101.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521831840i.jpg?v=1692020392","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fashioning-jewish-identity-in-medieval-western-christendom-hardback-9780521831840","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}