Living letters of the law : ideas of the Jew in medieval Christianity
Discusses anti-Judaism and Christian theology, specifically the Jew in Christian interpretation, especially of the Scriptures, in the medieval period. Shows how the ambivalence of Paul continued to be reflected, along with Augustine's doctrine of Jewish witness, in key aspects of Christianity. The ambivalence of leading clerics is epitomized by Bernard of Clairvaux; considered by some Jews "a decent priest, " he added a new, economic and even racist dimension to the hatred of the Jews. While Gregory the Great, Isidore of Seville, and Agobard of Lyons disagreed on the role of Jews in Christian society, they agreed on the necessity of converting the Jews. Peter the Venerable was noteworthy for his anti-Jewish polemics, which he linked with Christianity's struggle against Muslim "infidels." The 13th century saw the demonization of the Jews, but Thomas Aquinas and others continued to reflect a more ambivalent theological heritage. Growing deligitimation of post-biblical Judaism coexisted with Augustine's legacy, whereby Jews continued to be viewed as a "unique textual community" whose relation to the Bible had direct bearing on the meaning of Christianity. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism)
Print Book, English, ©1999
University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif., ©1999
Aufsatzsammlung
x, 451 pages ; 24 cm
9780520216808, 9780520218703, 0520216806, 0520218701
40943404
Augustinian foundations. The doctrine of Jewish witness
The Augustinian legacy in the early middle ages : adaptation, reinterpretation, resistance. Gregory the great : between sicut iudaeis and adversus iudaeos ; Isidore of Seville : anti-Judaism and the hermeneutics of integration ; Agobard of Lyons : battling the enemies of Christian unity
Reconceptualizing Jewish disbelief in the twelfth century. Reason in defense of faith : from Anselm of Canterbury to Peter Alfonsi ; Against the backdrop of holy war : Bernard of Clairvaux and Peter the venerable ; Renaissance men and their dreams
The friars reconsidered. Judaism as heresy : thirteenth-century churchmen and the Talmud ; Ambiguities of Thomistic synthesis
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