Historian in Exile - Solomon Ibn Verga, Shevet Yehudah, Jewish Christian Encounter

In A Historian in Exile, Jeremy Cohen shows how Solomon ibn Verga's Shevet Yehudah bridges the divide between the medieval and early modern periods, reflecting a contemporary consciousness that a new order had begun to replace the old.

List of contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Religious Debate and Disputation

Chapter 2. Tortosa

Chapter 3. Talmud and Talmudists

Chapter 4. Anti-Jewish Libels

Chapter 5. Martyrs and Martyrdom

Chapter 6. Conversos and Conversion

Chapter 7. The Author and His Work: Purpose and Structure

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

About the author

Jeremy Cohen

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Cohen
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780812248586
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4858-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Jewish Culture and Contexts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous