Beyond expulsion : Jews, Christians, and Reformation Strasbourg / Debra Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaplan, Debra.

Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--France--Strasbourg--History--16th century.

Jews.

Jews--France--Strasbourg--History--17th century.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Reformation--France--Strasbourg.

Reformation.

Strasbourg (France)--Ethnic relations--History--16th century.

Strasbourg (France).

Strasbourg (France)--Ethnic relations--History--17th century.

Strasbourg (France)--Church history--16th century.

Strasbourg (France)--Church history--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beyond Expulsion is a history of Jewish-Christian interactions in early modern Strasbourg, a city from which the Jews had been expelled and banned from residence in the late fourteenth century. This study shows that the Jews who remained in the Alsatian countryside continued to maintain relationships with the city and its residents in the ensuing period. During most of the sixteenth century, Jews entered Strasbourg on a daily basis, where they participated in the city's markets, litigated in its courts, and shared their knowledge of Hebrew and Judaica with Protestant Reformers. By the end of the sixteenth century, Strasbourg became an increasingly orthodox Lutheran city, and city magistrates and religious leaders sought to curtail contact between Jews and Christians. This book unearths the active Jewish participation in early modern society, traces the impact of the Reformation on local Jews, discusses the meaning of tolerance, and describes the shifting boundaries that divided Jewish and Christian communities.

Contents:

Beyond expulsion : a paradigm shift

The superiority of the city of Strasbourg : the city and its reformation

Without trees, the fire will be extinguished : reinventing Jewish life in the rural sphere

Shared spaces : social interactions in the countryside

Creating Jewish space in the Christian city : the Jews and Strasbourg's markets

As is also apparent in the old chronicles and history books : magisterial laws, confession building, and Reformation era tolerance

I listened to the account of a Jew : Christian Hebraism in Strasbourg

Constructing Jewish memory : self-texts, the Reformation, and narratives of Jewish history

Becoming French : Alsatian Jews in the wake of confession building.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804779050

0804779058

OCLC:

741520654