Jonathan Rubin

Learning in a Crusader City

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers an unprecedentedly rich portrait of the vibrant intellectual and intercultural exchanges sparked by the Crusades in thirteenth-century Acre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781316637715
• ISBN-10: 1316637719
• Artikelnr.: 58776889

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Rubin teaches in the department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar Ilan University. His research focuses on the cultural and intellectual history of the Latin East.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Intellectual activity in Acre: socio-cultural characteristics
2. Acre's Christian and Jewish centres of teaching and learning
3. Language and translation
4. Acre as a meeting point of juridical traditions
5. The study of Islam
6. Theological exchanges with oriental Christians
Conclusion
Appendix: the relation of the used texts to Acre
Bibliography.