David B Ruderman

Connecting the Covenants

Judaism and the Search for Christian Identity in Eighteenth-Century England

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Produktbeschreibung

"Ruderman uncovers a fascinating episode in the history of European Jewry and Jewish-Christian intellectual relations. "Connecting the Covenants" is compelling as both narrative and history."--Matt Goldish, The Ohio State University

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780812240160
• ISBN-10: 0812240162
• Artikelnr.: 22603201

Autorenporträt

David B. Ruderman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Covenants Connected and Unconnected: David Nieto and His
Anglican Adversaries, Humphrey Prideaux and Moses Marcus
Chapter 2. Moses Marcus's Conversion to Christianity
Chapter 3. The Career of Moses Marcus in London: An Expert on Judaism and a
Defender of Religious Orthodoxy
Chapter 4. Restoring the "True Text" of the Old Testament: William Whiston
and His Critics, Johann Carpzov and Moses Marcus
Chapter 5. Anthony Collins's Attack on William Whiston: Could the Rabbis
Ultimately Rescue Christianity from Its Own Exegetical Crisis?
Chapter 6. On the Proper Education of an English Divine: William Wotton and
His Learned Friends
Conclusion
Appendix 1. The Dutch Edition of Moses Marcus's Conversionary Treatise
Appendix 2. Constructing a Genealogy of a Christian Scholarly Discipline:
William Wotton's History of Christian Writers on the Legal Writings
of the Jews
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments