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Sanctifying the Name of God: Jewish Martyrs and Jewish Memories of the First Crusade

By Jeremy Cohen

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9780812201635
DOI
10.9783/9780812201635
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11918232 bytes)
Pages
224\224
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 19:27:57

Description

"The slaughter of the Jews in the Rhineland in 1096 is one of the better-known events of the First Crusade. Cohen analyzes the texts of the Jewish accounts of these massacres in light of the martyrdom tradition of Masada, well-known at that time, and the contemporary Christian cult of self-sacrifice. . . . Recommended."—Choice "The slaughter of the Jews in the Rhineland in 1096 is one of the better-known events of the First Crusade. Cohen analyzes the texts of the Jewish accounts of these massacres in light of the martyrdom tradition of Masada, well-known at that time, and the contemporary Christian cult of self-sacrifice. . . . Recommended."—Choice

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