Conversion and narrative : reading and religious authority in Medieval polemic /

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The author draws on medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim polemics to investigate the role of narrative in the representation of conversion. By investigating conversion not as individual experience but as expression of communal visions of history, he shows how the narratives dramatize the conflict...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Szpiech, Ryan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
To 1500
Apologetics > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Conversion > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Religious biography > History and criticism.
Identification (Religion) > History > To 1500.
Christian converts from Judaism > History.
Jewish converts from Christianity > History.
Muslim converts from Christianity > History.
Christianity and other religions > Judaism.
Christianity and other religions > Islam.
Judaism > Relations > Christianity.
Islam > Relations > Christianity.
Apologétique > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Juifs convertis au christianisme > Histoire.
Chrétiens convertis au judaïsme > Histoire.
Chrétiens convertis à l'islam > Histoire.
Christianisme > Relations > Judaïsme.
Christianisme > Relations > Islam.
Judaïsme > Relations > Christianisme.
Islam > Relations > Christianisme.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Apologetics > Middle Ages
Christian converts from Judaism
Christianity
Conversion > Christianity
Identification (Religion)
Interfaith relations
Islam
Jewish converts from Christianity
Judaism
Muslim converts from Christianity
Religious biography
Cultural Studies.
Literature.
Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Religion.
Religious Studies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The author draws on medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim polemics to investigate the role of narrative in the representation of conversion. By investigating conversion not as individual experience but as expression of communal visions of history, he shows how the narratives dramatize the conflict of ideas in disputational writing.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812207613
0812207610

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