| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 324 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The Medieval legacy: converts in the cutlure of Ashkenaz -- The lost crown of synagoga: converts from Judaism in Medieval Christendom -- The turning point: the sixteenth century -- The last deception: conversion and the endtime -- Writing the divided self: convert autobiography -- The professions of conversion -- Conversion and rupture of the family -- Conversion, language, and identity -- Revealing the secrets of Judaism: the literature of the Jewish ceremonial -- Representation and rivalry: Jewish converts and Christian Hebraists -- Conclusion: converts in the age of enlightenment -- Appendix: the conversion autobiography of Friedrich Albrecht Christiani |
| Summary |
This book re-evaluates the place of converts from Judaism in the narrative of Jewish history. Long considered beyond the pale of Jewish historiography, converts played a central role in shaping both noxious and positive images of Jews and Judaism for Christian readers. Focusing on German Jews who converted to Christianity in the sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries, it explores an extensive trove of their memoirs and other writings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-318) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christian converts from Judaism -- Europe, German-speaking -- History
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- General.
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RELIGION -- History.
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Christian converts from Judaism
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Joden-christenen.
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German-speaking Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300133066 |
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0300133065 |
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1281731269 |
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9781281731265 |
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