Reading Jewish History in the Renaissance

Christians, Jews, and the Hebrew Sefer Josippon

Nadia Zeldes (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

218 Seiten

2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498573412 (ISBN)

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This study examines the discourse surrounding Josippon in religious polemics and in the construction of historical and mythical narratives during the Renaissance period.

Using the Hebrew Book of Josippon as a prism, this study analyzes the dialogue surrounding Jewish history among Renaissance humanists. Notwithstanding its focus on the Renaissance, the author’s analysis extends to the consumption of Josippon in the High Middle Ages and into interpretations by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century humanists. With a focus on both Christian and Jewish discourse, the author examines the mythical and historical narratives that developed from Josippon.

Nadia Zeldes is senior research fellow at the Center for the Study of Conversion and Inter-Religious Encounters at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

Chapter 1: Josippon: A Source of General History and Role Models for Medieval Jews
Chapter 2: The Christian Reception of Sefer Josippon in the Middle Ages
Chapter 3: Josippon as a Source for Founding Myths: A Jewish Version of Renaissance Forgeries
Chapter 4: The Book of Josippon in the Renaissance: Christian Hebraists and Religious Polemic
Chapter 5: The Book of Josippon in the Renaissance: Jewish Historiography and Religious Polemic
Chapter 6: Fifteenth-Century Vernacular Translations of the Book of Josippon
Chapter 7: Demolishing the Myth: The Book of Josippon under Humanistic Scrutiny

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 228 mm
Gewicht	467 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781498573412 / 9781498573412
Zustand	Neuware