Marks of distinction : Christian perceptions of Jews in the high Middle Ages /

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For medieval Latin Christendom, texts such as the Bible and the writings of the Fathers of the Church gave form to Christian perceptions of Jews and Judaism. Eye-witness testimony, hearsay, reports of converts from Judaism, and the testimony of dreams, visions, and miraculous events helped fill in t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Resnick, Irven M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2012.
Temas:
600-1500
Judaism > Relations > Christianity.
Christianity and other religions > Judaism.
Physiognomy > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Human body > Social aspects > Europe.
Human body > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Judaïsme > Relations > Christianisme.
Christianisme > Relations > Judaïsme.
Physiognomonie > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Corps humain > Aspect social > Europe.
Corps humain > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Église > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Society.
Physiognomy > Religious aspects > Christianity
Christianity
Church history > Middle Ages
Human body > Religious aspects > Christianity
Human body > Social aspects
Interfaith relations
Judaism
Antijudaismus
Christentum
Judentum
Körper
Physiognomie
Europe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:For medieval Latin Christendom, texts such as the Bible and the writings of the Fathers of the Church gave form to Christian perceptions of Jews and Judaism. Eye-witness testimony, hearsay, reports of converts from Judaism, and the testimony of dreams, visions, and miraculous events helped fill in the details. The author explores the additional support drawn from medieval science by studying long-held medieval scientific theories that predisposed Jews to certain types of offensive behavior or even to communicate certain illnesses and disease. By arguing for a Jewish "nature" dictated by specific physical characteristics, medieval scientific authorities contributed to growing fears of a Jewish threat. Externally, these differences were evidenced by marks that physically distinguished Jews, for example circumcision. Internally, their melancholy humoral complexion, further weakened by the Jews' dietary restrictions, was thought to dictate their temperament and sexual mores, and to incline them toward leprosy, bleeding hemorrhoids, and other infirmities. These differences were viewed by some as ineradicable, even following religious conversion; or, at best, erasable with only the greatest difficulty over several generations
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 385 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-378) and index.
ISBN:0813219701
9780813219707

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