Nina Caputo
Biographic Data
| ID | 528139 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nina Caputo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nina |
| FAMILY NAME | Caputo |
| SIGNATURE | CAPUTO N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On the Word of a Jew
Brian A. Catlos. Kingdoms of Faith
While it is rare that medieval historians can make a claim for the immediate political or social relevance of their work, the September 11th attacks and the United States’ ongoing “War on Terror” have generated an enduring interest in how Christian and Muslim societies balanced military confrontation with cultural coexistence in medieval Iberia. Américo Castro’s argument that Spanish culture was shaped and defined by convivencia (coexistence, or …
Thomas Devaney. Enemies in the Plaza
As Elias Canetti observed in his study of mass behavior, crowds have been a powerful if at times mysterious force in history, both as a product of long-term historical patterns and as agents for sudden change. Whether spontaneously generated or purposefully assembled, crowds are monstrosities. They can behave predictably, occasionally as unified beasts; but since they are necessarily made up of many, sometimes countless, independently motivated b…
Faithful narratives
About the Cover
The middle ages and the Holocaust
Mozarabs in Medieval and Early Modern Spain
In the Beginning
In the Beginning . . . : Typology, History, and the Unfolding Meaning of Creation in Nahmanides’ Exegesis Nina Caputo* (bio) In his important and influential essay on Nahmanides’ biblical ex gesis, Amos Funkenstein brought into focus the mechanics and interpretive methods employed in Nahmanides’ typological reading of Genesis. He demonstrated that Nahmanides manipulated the nuances of language and narrative to inscribe a figurative sense in his e…
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In the Beginning
In the Beginning . . . : Typology, History, and the Unfolding Meaning of Creation in Nahmanides’ Exegesis Nina Caputo* (bio) In his important and influential essay on Nahmanides’ biblical ex gesis, Amos Funkenstein brought into focus the mechanics and interpretive methods employed in Nahmanides’ typological reading of Genesis. He demonstrated that Nahmanides manipulated the nuances of language and narrative to inscribe a figurative sense in his e…
Mozarabs in Medieval and Early Modern Spain
Faithful narratives
About the Cover
The middle ages and the Holocaust
Thomas Devaney. Enemies in the Plaza
As Elias Canetti observed in his study of mass behavior, crowds have been a powerful if at times mysterious force in history, both as a product of long-term historical patterns and as agents for sudden change. Whether spontaneously generated or purposefully assembled, crowds are monstrosities. They can behave predictably, occasionally as unified beasts; but since they are necessarily made up of many, sometimes countless, independently motivated b…
On the Word of a Jew
Brian A. Catlos. Kingdoms of Faith
While it is rare that medieval historians can make a claim for the immediate political or social relevance of their work, the September 11th attacks and the United States’ ongoing “War on Terror” have generated an enduring interest in how Christian and Muslim societies balanced military confrontation with cultural coexistence in medieval Iberia. Américo Castro’s argument that Spanish culture was shaped and defined by convivencia (coexistence, or …
History (7 works) · Art (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Hispanic-African Historical Relations (2 works)