The Hermeneutical Jew
Essays on Inter-Religious Encounters in Honour of Jeremy Cohen
Edited by Ram Ben-Shalom Edited by Yosi Yisraeli
The interconnected histories of Judaism and Christianity are explored in this compelling volume honouring the influential work of Jeremy Cohen.
The interconnected histories of Judaism and Christianity are explored in this compelling volume honouring the influential work of Jeremy Cohen. Cohen’s pioneering studies have reshaped our understanding of these religious traditions, emphasizing the crucial role of cross-religious engagements in shaping their self-perceptions and identities. Comprising fifteen chapters, the book is organized into four thematic sections that delve into various facets of medieval interfaith dynamics. The first section, Literary Mirrors and Inter-Religious Representations, delves into internalizations, (mis)representations, and appropriations of competing religious traditions. The second section, Physical and Figurative Encounters: Inter-Religious Gazes, addresses the roles played by visible and physical markers in setting interreligious boundaries and exchanges. The third section, Agents of Anti-Jewish Discourse: Between Hermeneutical and Real Jews, focuses on Christian thinkers of the late Middle Ages who propagated anti-Jewish measures or prejudices across different genres and causes. The final section, The Transformability of the Jews and the Hermeneutics of Inter-Religious Conversion, examines the cultural and intellectual impact of different efforts to convert Jews and Jewishness. This collection of new studies by leading medievalists serves as a fitting tribute to Jeremy Cohen’s groundbreaking contributions and offers readers an insightful perspective on the complex world of medieval and early modern religious identity.
- Edited by Ram Ben-Shalom
- Edited by Yosi Yisraeli
Other Titles in this Series
Incubation in Early Byzantium
The Formation of Christian Incubation Cults and Miracle Collections
Volume 41
Political Ritual and Practice in Capetian France
Essays in Honour of Elizabeth A. R. Brown
Volume 34
Liturgy and Sequences of the Sainte-Chapelle
Music, Relics, and Sacral Kingship in Thirteenth-Century France
Volume 35
Carolingian Scholarship and Martianus Capella
Ninth-Century Commentary Traditions on 'De nuptiis' in Context
Volume 12
Les transferts culturels dans les mondes normands medievaux (VIIIe-XIIe siecle)
objets, acteurs et passeurs
Volume 36
From Sun-Day to the Lord’s Day
The Cultural History of Sunday in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Volume 39
Motions of Late Antiquity
Essays on Religion, Politics, and Society in Honour of Peter Brown
Volume 20
Writing ‘True Stories’
Historians and Hagiographers in the Late Antique and Medieval Near East
Volume 9
Historiography and Identity V
The Emergence of New Peoples and Polities in Europe, 1000-1300
Volume 31
De Sion exibit lex et verbum domini de Hierusalem
Essays on Medieval Law, Liturgy and Literature in Honour of Amnon Linder
Volume 1
Between Personal and Institutional Religion
Self, Doctrine, and Practice in Late Antique Eastern Christianity
Volume 15
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