The spectral Jew
Subtitle: conversion and embodiment in medieval Europe
By: Steven F. Kruger.
Series: Medieval cultures ;; v. 40
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity; Christianity and other religions -- Judaism; Judaism (Christian theology) -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Antisemitism -- Europe -- History -- To 1500; Conversion -- Christianity -- History -- To 1500; Religious disputations -- Europe -- History -- To 1500; Body, Human -- Social aspects -- Europe; Self-perception -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- To 1500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The spectral Jew; title: Body effects : individual and community identity in the long twelfth century; title: Becoming Christian? : conversion and the stubborn body; title: Merchants, converts, Jews : interreligious debate and the troubling of Christian identity; title: Staying Jewish? : public disputation, conversion, and resistance.