God, Humanity, and History
The Hebrew First Crusade Narratives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19995171 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Chazan (corresponding author) |
| Editors | Helen F Siu, Donald Sutton |
| Year | 2000 |
| Pages | 272 |
| Publication date | 2000-09-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | God, Humanity, and History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/california/9780520221277.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4229929226 |
| Open Library | OL7710779M |
| ISBN | 9780520221277 |
| GOOGLE_BOOK_ID | z-3LSTdFb8UC |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Although closely focused on the remarkable Hebrew First-Crusade narratives, this book's new interpretation of these texts is anything but narrow, as the title 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, the book addresses the objectives of the three narratives. It 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
Archaeology · Art · Embeddedness · Hebrew · Historiography · Humanity · Interpretation (philosophy) · Judaism · Literature · Narrative · Parallels · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Medieval History and Crusades · Philosophy · 1096-1099 · 1096-1147 · 70-1789 · biography · c 1000 CE to c 1500 · Crusades · Crusades, first · ethnic relations · Europe · Europe - Germany · European history: c 500 to c 1500 · General · Germany · Germany - History · History - General History · History Of Jews · Jewish - General · Jewish martyrs · Jewish studies · Jews · Joden · Kronieken (geschiedenis) · Kruistochten · Literary studies: classical, early & medieval · Persecutions · Religion · Social Science · Sources
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |