Description: Further DetailsTitle: Judaism in Christian EyesCondition: NewFormat: HardbackEAN: 9780199756537Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0199756538ISBN: 9780199756537Author: Yaacov Deutsch, Avi AronskyItem Length: 236mmItem Height: 163mmType: Slavery & EmancipationSubtitle: Ethnographic Descriptions of Jews and Judaism in Early Modern EuropePublisher: Oxford University Press IncRelease Date: 06/28/2012Description: 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. The book focuses on nearly 80 texts from Western Europe (mostly Germany) that describe the customs and ceremonies of the contemporary Jews, containing both descriptions and illustrations of their subjects. Deutsch is one of the first scholars to study these unique writings in extensive detail. He examines books in which Christian authors describe Jewish life and provides new interpretations of Christian perceptions of Jews, Christian Hebraism, and the attention paid by the Hebraist to contemporary Jews and Judaism. Since many of the authors were converts, studying their books offers new insights into conversion during the period. Their work presents new perspectives the study of religion, developments in the field of anthropology and ethnography, and internal Christian debates that arose from the portrayal of Jewish life. Despite the lack of attention by modern scholars, some of these books were extremely popular in their time and represent one of the important ways by which Jews were perceived during the period. The key claim of the study is that, although almost all of the descriptions of Jewish customs are accurate, the authors chose to concentrate mainly on details that show the Jewish ceremonies as anti-Christian, superstitious, and ridiculous; these details also reveal the deviation of Judaism from the Biblical law. Deutsch suggests that these ethnographic descriptions are better defined as polemical ethnographies and argues that the texts, despite their polemical tendency, represent a shift from writing about Judaism as a religion to writing about Jews, and from a mode of writing based on stereotypes to one based on direct contact and observation.Country/Region of Manufacture: USItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 567gGenre: HistoryTopic: Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Judaism in Christian Eyes
Title: Judaism in Christian Eyes
EAN: 9780199756537
ISBN-10: 0199756538
ISBN: 9780199756537
Subtitle: Ethnographic Descriptions of Jews and Judaism in Early Modern Eur
Release Date: 06/28/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Judaism in Christian Eyes : Ethnographic Descriptions of Jews and Judaism in Early Modern Europe
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Judaism / History, Judaism / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Christianity / General, Jewish
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2012
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Yaacov Deutsch
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science, History
Item Length: 6.4 in
Item Width: 9.3 in
Format: Hardcover
