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Beautiful Death: Jewish Poetry and Martyrdom in Medieval France (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World)

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 | #3483315 in Books |  Princeton University Press |  2002-07-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.21 x.56 x6.14l,1.11 | File type: PDF | 232 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| A very important study|By Reader|I read this book for the first time in 2002, when it was originally published, and I have gone back to read it, in full, and at other times in part, at various times over the past eight years. This is an inspiring and fascinating book, one that has taught me much. Einbinder is an innovative scholar who engages deeply with primary sources, and th| |"An impressive examination of the character and function of the poetry of martyrdom commemorating Jews who perished at the hands of their Christian countrymen. . . . Cogent, clearly argued, and inclusive in contextualizing historic, social, cultural, and polit

When Crusader armies on their way to the Holy Land attacked Jewish communities in the Rhine Valley, many Jews chose suicide over death at the hands of Christian mobs. With their defiant deaths, the medieval Jewish martyr was born. With the literary commemoration of the victims, Jewish martyrology followed. Beautiful Death examines the evolution of a long-neglected corpus of Hebrew poetry, the laments reflecting the specific conditions of Jewish life in northern...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Beautiful Death: Jewish Poetry and Martyrdom in Medieval France (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World)   |  Susan L. Einbinder. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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