Religious Violence Between Christians and Jews Medieval Roots, Modern Perspectives

by Abulafia, Anna Sapir

• ISBN13: 9780333921876
• ISBN10: 0333921879
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-09
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Thoroughly exploring the history of the conflict between Christians and Jews from medieval to modern times, this wide-ranging volume includes newly uncovered material from the recently opened post-Soviet archives. Anna Sapir Abulafia delineates controversial issues of inter-faith confrontation, and a number of eminent scholars from around the globe discuss openly and objectively the dynamics of Jewish creative response in the face of violence. Through the analysis of the histories of the Christian and Jewish religious traditions, this book provides a valuable understanding of their relationship as a modern day phenomenon.

Author Biography

Anna Sapir Abulafia is a Lecturer in History and Senior Tutor at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	vii
Notes on the Contributors	viii
Introduction	xi
Anna Sapir Abulafia
PART I STUDIES ON RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND JEWS
Christian Violence and the Crusades	3	(18)
Jonathan Riley-Smith
The Anti-Jewish Violence of 1096: Perpetrators and Dynamics	21	(23)
Robert Chazan
Christian Theology and Anti-Jewish Violence in the Middle Ages: Connections and Disjunctions	44	(17)
Jeremy Cohen
The Intellectual and Spiritual Quest for Christ and Central Medieval Persecution of Jews	61	(25)
Anna Sapir Abulafia
`They tell lies: you ate the man': Jewish Reactions to Ritual Murder Accusations	86	(21)
Israel Jacob Yuval
Anti-Jewish Violence and the Place of the Jews in Christendom and in Islam: a Paradigm	107	(31)
Mark R. Cohen
At the Frontiers of Faith	138	(19)
Gavin I. Langmuir
Christians and Jews and the `Dialogue of Violence' in Late Imperial Russia	157	(16)
John D. Klier
PART II ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Religious Violence in Past and Future Perspective	173	(6)
Christopher Andrew
Some Thoughts on Anti-Jewish Violence in Modern Britain	179	(5)
Geoffrey Alderman
Religious Violence	184	(4)
Jonathan Riley-Smith
Religious Violence: Educational Perspectives	188	(5)
Deirdre Burke
Bibliography: Selection of English Translations of Sources and Further Secondary Reading	193	(3)
Index	196