‎Ram Ben-Shalom, Yosi Yisraeli (eds)‎
‎Hermeneutical Jew. Essays on Inter-Religious Encounters in Honour of Jeremy Cohen‎

‎, Brepols, 2025 Hardback, Pages: 356, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:1 b/w, 4 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503612096.‎

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‎Summary The interconnected histories of Judaism and Christianity are explored in this compelling volume honouring the influential work of Jeremy Cohen. Cohen's pioneering studies have reshaped our understanding of these religious traditions, emphasizing the crucial role of cross-religious engagements in forming their self-perceptions and identities. Comprising fifteen chapters, the book is organized into four thematic sections. The first section, Literary Mirrors and Inter-Religious Representations, explores patterns of internalizations, (mis)representations, and appropriations between competing religious traditions. The second section, Physical and Figurative Encounters, addresses the roles played by visible and physical markers in setting interreligious boundaries and exchanges. The third section, Agents of Anti-Jewish Discourse, focuses on Christian thinkers of the late Middle Ages who propagated anti-Jewish measures or prejudices across different genres and causes. The final section, The Transformability of the Jews and the Hermeneutics of Inter-Religious Conversion, examines the cultural and intellectual impact of different efforts to convert Jews and Jewishness. This collection of new studies by leading medievalists serves as a fitting tribute to Jeremy Cohen's groundbreaking contributions and offers readers an insightful look into the complex world of medieval and early modern religious identity. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction. A Game of Mirrors: Jeremy Cohen and the Literary Matrix of the Jewish-Christian Encounter - YOSI YISRAELI and RAM BEN-SHALOM Chapter 1. Unetaneh tokef: From John of Patmos to Amnon of Mainz - ISRAEL JACOB YUVAL Chapter 2. Narrative as Historical Interpretation: Rabbi Eliyahu Capsali's 'Cycle of Ashkenaz Tales' - ELI YASSIF Chapter 3. The Hermeneutic Gentile: The Evolution of the Anti-Jewish Rhetoric in the Mesirat Haman Monologue - RONI COHEN Chapter 4. The Hermeneutics of Power: Competing Narratives of Imperial Origins - URI Z. SHACHAR Chapter 5. From the Hermeneutical Jew to the Intersectional Jewess: Gender, Identity, and Scopic Ambivalence in Medieval Europe - AVITAL DAVIDOVICH-ESHED Chapter 6. Hermeneutical Objects in Late Antique Jerusalem - ORA LIMOR Chapter 7. Signing with the Cross and Other Ritualized Gestures in Medieval Jewish-Christian Encounters - IRVEN M. RESNICK Chapter 8. Facing the Crucifix: Herman of Cologne - A 'Hermeneutical Jew' Reacting to Christian Symbolism? - EPHRAIM SHOHAM-STEINER Chapter 9. Animals at War in the Kennicott Bible - KATRIN KOGMAN-APPEL Chapter 10. How Hermeneutical are the Jews in Gratian's Decretum? - ANNA SAPIR ABULAFIA Chapter 11. Evelyn Faye Wilson, John of Garland, and the 'Invisible' Jews - WILLIAM CHESTER JORDAN Chapter 12. Manuforte of Trani: An Assessment - PIERO CAPELLI Chapter 13. Carnal Israel? The Medieval Conceit of Jews as Organs in the Social Body - RYAN SZPIECH Chapter 14. Mass Conversion, Genealogical Mentalities, and the History of Race: Jews and Muslims in North Africa and Iberia - DAVID NIRENBERG Chapter 15. 'They shall return at evening': A pro-Converso Response against the Inconvertibility of the Jews (between the Katechontic and the Messianic) - CLAUDE B. STUCZYNSKI Index‎