The Insight of Unbelievers : Nicholas of Lyra and Christian Reading of Jewish Text in the Later Middle Ages.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (234 pages)
- Jewish Culture and Contexts Series .
- Jewish Culture and Contexts Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Medieval Christian Use of Hebrew and Postbiblical Jewish Texts -- 2 Nicholas of Lyra, O.F.M.: Mediating Hebrew Traditions for a Christian Audience -- 3 The Challenge of Unbelief: Knowing Christian Truth Through Jewish Scripture -- 4 Wrestling with Rashi: Nicholas of Lyra's Quodlibetal Questions and Anti-Jewish Polemic -- 5 Christian Ownership of Jewish Text: Nicholas of Lyra as an Alternative Jewish Authority -- Appendix: Manuscripts Consulted Containing Nicholas of Lyra's Quaestio de adventu Christi -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
By carefully examining the place of Hebrew and rabbinic traditions in the Christian study of the Bible, The Insight of Unbelievers elaborates in new ways on the relationship between Christian and Jewish scholarship and polemic in late medieval Europe.
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Nicholas,-of Lyra,-approximately 1270-1349. Bible.-Old Testament-Criticism, interpretation, etc. Christianity and other religions-Judaism-History-14th century. Judaism-Relations-Christianity-History-14th century. Christian Hebraists-France-History-14th century. Rabbinical literature-History and criticism. Judaism (Christian theology)-History of doctrines.