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Robert Chazan
God, Humanity, and History
The Hebrew First Crusade Narratives
An S. Mark Taper Foundation Book in Jewish Studies
$50.00, £35.00 hardcover
978-0-520-22127-7
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281 pages, 6 x 9 inches,
August 2000, Available worldwide
Categories: Jewish Studies; Comparative Literature; Medieval History
August 2000, Available worldwide
Categories: Jewish Studies; Comparative Literature; Medieval History
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"A lucidly written book, refreshingly jargon-free. . . . Chazan shows that the crusade chronicles must be appreciated as historical events unto themselves, ultimately more definitive and more verifiable than the events they relate."—Jeremy Cohen, author of Living Letters of the Law
"A very important book, both for what it does and for the model it provides for future research into these narratives and their era."—James E. Young, author of The Texture of Memory
"A very important book, both for what it does and for the model it provides for future research into these narratives and their era."—James E. Young, author of The Texture of Memory
Although closely focused on the remarkable Hebrew First-Crusade narratives, Robert Chazan's new interpretation of these texts is anything but narrow, as his title, God, Humanity, and History, strongly suggests. The three surviving Hebrew accounts of the crusaders' devastating assaults on Rhineland Jewish communities during the spring of 1096 have been examined at length, but only now can we appreciate the extent to which they represent their turbulent times.
After a close analysis of the texts themselves, Chazan addresses the objectives of the three narratives. He compares these accounts with earlier Jewish history writing and with contemporary crusade historiography. It is in their disjuncture with past forms of Jewish historical narration and their amazing parallels with Latin crusade narratives that the Hebrew narratives are most revealing. We see how they reflect the embeddedness of early Ashkenazic Jewry in the vibrant atmosphere of late-eleventh- and early-twelfth-century northern Europe.
After a close analysis of the texts themselves, Chazan addresses the objectives of the three narratives. He compares these accounts with earlier Jewish history writing and with contemporary crusade historiography. It is in their disjuncture with past forms of Jewish historical narration and their amazing parallels with Latin crusade narratives that the Hebrew narratives are most revealing. We see how they reflect the embeddedness of early Ashkenazic Jewry in the vibrant atmosphere of late-eleventh- and early-twelfth-century northern Europe.
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