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Sanctifying the name of God : Jewish martyrs and Jewish memories of the First Crusade / Jeremy Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Jeremy, 1953-
- Series:
- Jewish culture and contexts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Germany--History--1096-1147.
- Jews.
- Germany.
- History.
- Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
- Jews--Persecutions.
- Crusades--First, 1096-1099.
- Crusades.
- Germany--Ethnic relations.
- Ethnic relations.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 208 pages :) : illustrations, map.
- Other Title:
- Penn Press e-books.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2004]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- "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"
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-199) and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cohen, Jeremy, 1953- Sanctifying the name of God.
- ISBN:
- 9780812201635
- 0812201639
- OCLC:
- 859161074
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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