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Record Nr.

UNINA9910258754003321

Autore

Goldin Simha

Titolo

Apostasy and Jewish identity in High Middle Ages Northern Europe : Are you still my brother?' / / Simha Goldin ; translated by Jonathan Chipman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, U.K. : , : Manchester University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-5261-2934-5

1-78170-785-5

1-84779-925-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 138 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

940.04924

Soggetti

Jews

Jews - Europe, Northern - History - To 1500

History

Electronic books.

Europe, Northern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-135) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Early beginnings -- Forced conversion during the First Crusade -- Theological confrontation with Christianity's success -- Self-definition and halakah -- Attitudes towards women -- Alternative perspectives: the literature of pietists (Ashkenazic hasidim) -- Converts to Judaism -- Conclusions: the change in mentality.

Sommario/riassunto

The attitude of Jews living in the medieval Christian world to Jews who converted to Christianity or to Christians seeking to join the Jewish faith reflects the central traits that make up Jewish self-identification. The Jews saw themselves as a unique group chosen by God, who expected them to play a specific and unique role in the world. This study researches fully for the various aspects of the way European Jews regarded members of their own fold in the context of lapses into another religion.