Language:
French
Year of publication:
2014
Titel der Quelle:
Revue de l'Histoire des Religions
Angaben zur Quelle:
231, 4 (2014) 681-698
Keywords:
Judaism Customs and practices
;
Jews Identity
;
Jewish way of life
;
Judaism Relations
;
Christianity
Abstract:
Discusses different ritual objects which symbolize Jewish identity through the ages, how they were perceived by Jews and Christians in the medieval period, and how in some cases they crystallized anti-Jewish sentiment. The Talmud, in particular, gave rise to negative Christian fantasies and was intensely denounced from the 12th century on. Focuses on medieval Spain, where royal edicts ordered the examination of the Talmud and the subsequent confiscation of all copies. The manuscripts were, however, returned to their owners with the requirement that some passages be erased, as opposed to events in Paris, where copies of the Talmud were burned. Traces, also, the imposition of distinctive clothing (round hats and badges) for the Jews in Spain from 1220 on. Views the yearly Christian lapidation (stoning) of Jewish houses, and occasionally of the Jews themselves, on Easter as ritual violence which served as a reminder of the need for the exclusion of and separation from the Jews.
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