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Reckless Rites : Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence

By Elliott S. Horowitz

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780691124919, 0691124914, 9780691138244, 0691138249
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31872815 bytes)
Series
Jews Christians and Muslims from the ancient to the modern
Pages
340\359
Time added
2019-05-03 14:39:51
etc;Christianity;Interfaith relations;Judaism;PuriinterpretationViolence -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- Histor

Description

Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 PART ONE: BIBLICAL LEGACIES 21 CHAPTER ONE: The Book of Esther For and Against 23 CHAPTER TWO: A Pair of Queens 46 CHAPTER THREE: Mordecai's Reckless Refusal 63 CHAPTER FOUR: The Eternal Haman 81 CHAPTER FIVE: Amalek The Memory of Violence and the Violence of Memory 107 PART TWO: JEWS LIVING DANGEROUSLY 147 CHAPTER SIX: "The Fascination of the Abomination" Jews (and Jewish Historians) Confront the Cross 149 CHAPTER SEVEN: Mild Men or Wild Men? Historical Reflections on Jews and Violence 187 CHAPTER EIGHT: Ancient Jewish Violence and Modern Scholarship 213 CHAPTER NINE: Purim, Carnival, and Violence 248 CHAPTER TEN: Local Purims and the Invention of Tradition 279 Abbreviations 317 Bibliography 319 Index 325

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