{"product_id":"sanctifying-the-name-of-god-9780812219562","title":"Sanctifying the Name of God","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow are martyrs made, and how do the memories of martyrs express, nourish, and mold the ideals of the community? \u003ci\u003eSanctifying the Name of God\u003c\/i\u003e wrestles with these questions against the background of the massacres of Jews in the Rhineland during the outbreak of the First Crusade. Marking the first extensive wave of anti-Jewish violence in medieval Christian Europe, these Persecutions of 1096 exerted a profound influence on the course of European Jewish history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the crusaders demanded that Jews choose between Christianity and death, many opted for baptism. Many others, however, chose to die as Jews rather than to live as Christians, and of these, many actually inflicted death upon themselves and their loved ones. Stories of their self-sacrifice ushered the Jewish ideal of martyrdom—kiddush ha-Shem, the sanctification of God''s holy name—into a new phase, conditioning the collective memory and mindset of Ashkenazic Jewry for centuries to come, during the Hol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A major contribution to the study of medieval Jewish history.\" * Robert Chazan, New York University *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an important book, beautifully written and cogently argued. Some of Cohen's readings are daring indeed and will surely arouse dissent. Long live debate!\" * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The sufferings of the Rhineland Jews in 1096 were commemorated in three Hebrew narratives, which Professor Jeremy Cohen reexamines in this beautifully written book. . . . The cumulative effect of Cohen's analysis is overwhelming.\" * \u003ci\u003eCatholic Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" * \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Cohen's fresh reading of the chronicles opens up a new vista to these complicated sources.\" * \u003ci\u003eJournal of Jewish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a beautifully written and thought-out work that raises valuable questions and draws unprecedented attention to important features of these texts; it is sure to provoke fruitful discussion\" * \u003ci\u003eJournal of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations for Primary Sources\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Persecutions of 1096\u003cbr\u003e PART I. PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS\u003cbr\u003e 1. To Sanctify the Name of God\u003cbr\u003e 2. The First Crusade and Its Historians\u003cbr\u003e 3. Points of Departure\u003cbr\u003e PART II. MARTYRS OF 1096\u003cbr\u003e 4. Last Supper at Xanten\u003cbr\u003e 5. Master Isaac the Parnas\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mistress Rachel of Mainz\u003cbr\u003e 7. Kalonymos in Limbo\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Rape of Sarit\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of Secondary Sources\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49950819058007,"sku":"9780812219562","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812219562.jpg?v=1738902212","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sanctifying-the-name-of-god-9780812219562","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}