From Anti-Judaism to Anti-Semitism - Ancient and Medieval Christian Constructions of Jewish History

This book traces the hardening of Christian attitudes to Jews, Judiasm and their history during the second half of the Middle Ages.

List of contents

Prologue; Part I. Jewish History: Classical Christian Constructions: 1. The Synoptic Gospels; 2. Paul; 3. Eusebius; 4. Augustine; Part II. Jewish History: Medieval Christian Constructions: 5. The crusading epoch and spirit: Peter the Venerable; 6. The discovery of Jewish sources: the Pugio Fidei; 7. Introduction of medieval slanders: the Fortalitium Fidei; 8. Looking backward and looking forward: Martin Luther; Epilogue.

About the author

Robert Chazan is Scheuer Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, where he was the founding chair of the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. He has published many books on medieval Jewish history and numerous articles in American and foreign academic journals. His two recent books are The Jews of Medieval Western Christendom (2006) and Reassessing Jewish Life in Medieval Europe (2010), both published by Cambridge University Press. He is a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America and the American Academy of Jewish Research.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Chazan, Robert (New York University) Chazan, Chazan Robert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781107152465
• ISBN: 978-1-107-15246-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Ancient History, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Relating to Jewish people and groups, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Social groups: religious groups and communities