Final Phases of Medieval Hebraism: Jews and Christians between Bible Exegesis, Talmud and Maimonidean Philosophy

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Abstract

The relationship between Jews and Christians and between Judaism and Christianity during the 13th and 14th century is a matter of concrete and contingent historical circumstances; and its ideological elements are inherent in pre-modern Catholicism and pre-modern Rabbinical Judaism. Indeed, both St. Paul and the Rabbis are typical revolutionary figures of late antiquity who present themselves as the authentic interpreters of old sacred writings. Throughout the ages, the interpretation of the Sacra pagina remained at the very center of Christian and Jewish theology involving hidden or manifest polemics against the rival interpretation
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication1308
Subtitle of host publicationEine Topographie historischer Gleichzeitigkeit
EditorsAndreas Speer, David Wirmer
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherDe Gruyter
Pages267-285
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)9783110218756
ISBN (Print)9783110218749
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Publication series

NameMiscellanea Mediaevalia
PublisherDe Gruyter
Number35

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