The Marrakesh dialogues : a gospel critique and Jewish apology from the Spanish Renaissance / by Carsten L. Wilke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilke, Carsten, 1962- author.

Series:

Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 45.

Studies in Jewish history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dias, Estêvão, 1545-.

Dias, Estêvão.

Christianity--Controversial literature.

Christianity.

Judaism--Apologetic works.

Judaism.

Religious disputations.

Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Genre:

Apologetic writings.

Physical Description:

x, 564 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

Summary:

"In sixteenth-century Marrakesh, a Flemish merchant converts to Judaism and takes his Catholic brother on a subversive reading of the Gospels and an exploration of the Jewish faith. Their vivid Spanish dialogue, composed by an anonym in 1583, has until now escaped scholarly attention in spite of its success in anti-Christian clandestine literature until the Enlightenment. Based on all nine available manuscripts, this critical edition rediscovers a pioneering work of Jewish self-expression in European languages. The introductory study identifies the author, Estêvão Dias, locates him in insurgent Antwerp at the beginning of the Western Sephardi diaspora, and describes his hybrid culture shaped by the Iberian Renaissance, Portuguese crypto-Judaism, Mediterranean Jewish learning, Protestant theology, and European diplomacy in Africa"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004203457

9004203451

OCLC:

881386441