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Judaism on Trial: Jewish-Christian Disputations in the Middle Ages » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Hyam Z. Maccoby
ISBN-13: 9781874774167, ISBN-10: 1874774161
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The
Date Published: September 1993
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Hyam Z. Maccoby

Book Synopsis

This important study provides a paraphrase of the Christian accounts of the meetings between rabbis and clerics, and a complete translation of the Hebrew accounts of the disputations at Barcelona and Torotsa (the latter from the Shevet Yehudah). Maccoby fully describes the historical and social background, giving insight into the use by both sides of scriptural proof-texts.

	List of Abbreviations	10
	Introduction	11
Pt. I	The Three Disputations: General Considerations
1	The Paris Disputation, 1240	19
2	The Barcelona Disputation, 1263	39
3	The Vikuah: Textual Considerations	76
4	Biographical Notes on the Chief Persons Present at Barcelona	79
5	The Tortosa Disputation, 1413-14	82
Pt. II	The Barcelona Disputation: Texts
6	Introductory Note on the Vikuah	97
7	The Vikuah of Nahmanides: Translation and Commentary	102
8	The Christian Account of the Barcelona Disputation	147
Pt. III	The Paris and Tortosa Disputations: Texts
9	The Vikuah of R. Yehiel of Paris: A Paraphrase	153
10	The Christian Account of the Paris Disputation	163
11	A Hebrew Account of the Tortosa Disputation	168
12	The Christian Account of the Tortosa Disputation	187
	Notes	216
	Bibliography	225
	General Index	233
	Index of Quotations	240