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1 online resource (xviii, 355 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 21
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 21.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Jew in the Anglo-Saxon Imagination / Samantha Zacher -- Defining the Jew: A Question of Race, Ethnicity, or Religion? 1 Anglo-Saxons, Israelites, Hebrews, and Jews / Stephen J. Harris -- 2 Nathan the Jew in the Old English Vindicta Salvatoris / Thomas N. Hall. |
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The Jew in Anglo-Saxon Theology and Liturgy: Aspects of Language, Place, and Time. 3 Hebraeam scire linguam: Bed's Rhetoric of the Hebrew Truth / Damian Fleming -- 4 Building Anti-Semitism in Bede / Kathy Lavezzo -- 5 Transition and Renewal: Jews and the Church Year in Anglo-Saxon England / Andrew P. Scheil. |
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Literary Types and Anglo-Saxon Audiences. 6 Abraham's Children: Jewish Promise and Christian Fulfilment / Daniel Anlezark -- 7 Time, Liturgy, and History in the Old English Elene / Thomas D. Hill -- 8 Jewish Magic and Christian Miracle in the Old English Andreas / Charles D. Wright. |
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Visual Media: Representations of Jews and Jewish Spaces. 9 Hagar and Ishmael: The Uncanny and the Exile / Catherine E. Karkov -- 10 King Edgar Leaping and Dancing before the Lord / Adam S. Cohen -- 11 "In those days": Giants and the Giant Moses in the Old English Illustrated Hexateuch / Asa Simon Mittman. |
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Epilogue: Pre- and Post-Conquest Identifications: Continuity and Difference. 12 Reading Ælfric in the Twelfth Century: Anti-Judaic Doctrine Becomes Anti-Judaic Rhetoric / Heide Estes. |
| Summary |
"Most studies of Jews in medieval England begin with the year 1066, when Jews first arrived on English soil. Yet the absence of Jews in England before the conquest did not prevent early English authors from writing obsessively about them. Using material from the writings of the Church Fathers, contemporary continental sources, widespread cultural stereotypes, and their own imaginations, their depictions of Jews reflected their own politico-theological experiences. The thirteen essays in Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture examine visual and textual representations of Jews, the translation and interpretation of Scripture, the use of Hebrew words and etymologies, and the treatment of Jewish spaces and landmarks. By studying the "imaginary Jews" of Anglo-Saxon England, they offer new perspectives on the treatment of race, religion, and ethnicity in pre- and post-conquest literature and culture."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
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Christian literature, English (Old) -- History and criticism.
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Christian literature, English (Old) |
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Jews in literature.
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Jews in literature. |
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Antisemitism in literature.
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Antisemitism in literature. |
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Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
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Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature. |
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Antisemitism -- England -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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England -- Ethnic relations -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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England -- Church history -- 449-1066.
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England. |
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Church history. |
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449-1066 |
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Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Zacher, Samantha, 1973- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781442666283 (electronic) |
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1442666285 |
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9781442646674 |
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1442646675 |
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