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Title:

MARKS OF DISTINCTION
CHRISTIAN PERCEPTIONS OF JEWS IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES

By:

Irven M. Resnick

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0813219698

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9780813219691

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THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 June, 2012

Pages:

400

Synopsis:

For medieval Latin Christendom, authoritative texts such as the Bible and the writings of the Fathers of the Church provided a skeleton that 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 body with concrete detail. In this newest work, renowned author and scholar Irven Resnick explores the additional support drawn from medieval science. Resnick presents a captivating study of 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.

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