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Zusatztext Deutsch s careful work makes a significant contribution to the cultural and intellectual history of early modern Europe and to the history of Jewish-Christian relations. His survey of the landscape will enable other historians to offer new case studies and make better use of this literature as sources in their research. His effort to accentuate the more neutral tone and more realistic depictions that characterize some of this literature moves beyond a methodological contribution and offers new possibilities for understanding the place of Jews and Judaism in early modernity. Informationen zum Autor Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Humanities, Institute of Arts and Letters, Hebrew University Jerusalem Klappentext This book examines Christian ethnographic writing about the Jews in early modern Europe, offering a systematic historical analysis of this literary genre and arguing its importance for better understanding both the period in general and Jewish-Christian relations in particular. Zusammenfassung This book examines Christian ethnographic writing about the Jews in early modern Europe, offering a systematic historical analysis of this literary genre and arguing its importance for better understanding both the period in general and Jewish-Christian relations in particular. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: A Survey of the Ethnographic Accounts about the Jews Chapter 2: May the Lord Make You My Atonement - Yom Kippur in the Ethnographic Accounts on the Jews Chapter 3: Admit Him into the Covenant of Abraham? Circumcision and Other Birth Rituals Chapter 4: Gorging and Carousing: Accounts on Jewish Dietary Guidelines and Eating Habits Chapter 5: An Overview of the Ethnographic Writing about the Jews Bibliography
