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Book SynopsisThis collection of fourteen essays by scholars of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam explores the nature of exegesis during the High and Late Middle Ages (11th to the 15th Centuries) as a discourse of cross-cultural and inter-religious conflict, paying attention to the commentaries of scholars in the Western and Southern Mediterranean.
Trade Review"The quality of the studies in Medieval Exegesis and Religious Difference is of a very high level and many [of the essays] break new ground based on the close study of manuscripts or the examination of familiar texts from new perspectives." -- -Barry Dov Walfish University of Toronto Library "...the volume itself is well produced and rewards patient reading." -- -Matthew Gabriele Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean "An impressively coherent collection illuminating the rich cultural and historical importance of biblical exegesis in the medieval Mediterranean world. Medieval Exegesis and Religious Difference assembles a formidable cadre of creative scholars whose rigorous investigations render it a fascinating and important contribution." -- -Jeremy Cohen Tel Aviv University
Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration and References Introduction Ryan Szpiech Part I: Strategies of Reading on the Borders of Islam 1. The Father of Many Nations: Abraham in al-Andalus Sarah Stroumsa 2. Ibn al-Marmah's Notes on Ibn Kammnah's Examination of the Three Religions: The Issue of the Abrogation of Mosaic Law Sidney Griffith 3. Al-Biq Seen through Reuchlin: Reflections on the Islamic Relationship with the Bible Walid Saleh Part II: Dominicans and Their Disputations 4. Two Dominicans, A Lost Manuscript, and Medieval Christian Thought on Islam Thomas E. Burman 5. The Anti-Muslim Discourse of Alfonso Buenhombre Antoni Biosca i Bas 6. Reconstructing Medieval Jewish-Christian Disputations Ursula Ragacs Part III: Authority and Scripture Between Jewish and Christian Readers 7. Reconstructing Thirteenth-Century Jewish-Christian Polemic: From Paris 1240 to Barcelona 1263 and Back Again Harvey J. Hames 8. A Christianized Sephardic Critique of Rashi's Pesha? in Pablo de Santa Maria's Additiones ad Postillam Nicolai de Lyra Yosi Yisraeli 9. Jewish and Christian Interpretations in Arragel's Biblical Glosses Angel Saenz-Badillos Part IV: Exegesis and Gender: Vocabularies of Difference 10. Between Epic Entertainment and Polemical Exegesis: Jesus as Anti-Hero in Toledot Yeshu Alexandra Cuffel 11. Sons of God, Daughters of Man, and the Formation of Human Society in Nahmanides's Exegesis Nina Caputo 12. Late Medieval Readings of the Strange Woman in Proverbs Esperanza Alfonso 13. Exegesis as Autobiography: The Case of Guillaume de Bourges Steven F. Kruger Notes Bibliography Index
