Nadia Zeldes

Reading Jewish History in the Renaissance

Christians, Jews, and the Hebrew Sefer Josippon

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Produktbeschreibung

This study examines the discourse surrounding Josippon in religious polemics and in the construction of historical and mythical narratives during the Renaissance period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781498573412
• ISBN-10: 149857341X
• Artikelnr.: 60068895

Autorenporträt

By Nadia Zeldes

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Josippon: A Source of General History and Role Models for
Medieval Jews
Chapter 2: The Christian Reception of Sefer Josippon in the Middle Ages
Chapter 3: Josippon as a Source for Founding Myths: A Jewish Version of
Renaissance Forgeries
Chapter 4: The Book of Josippon in the Renaissance: Christian Hebraists and
Religious Polemic
Chapter 5: The Book of Josippon in the Renaissance: Jewish Historiography
and Religious Polemic
Chapter 6: Fifteenth-Century Vernacular Translations of the Book of
Josippon
Chapter 7: Demolishing the Myth: The Book of Josippon under Humanistic
Scrutiny