The Insight of Unbelievers : : Nicholas of Lyra and Christian Reading of Jewish Text in the Later Middle Ages / / Deeana Copeland Klepper.
In the year 1309, Nicholas of Lyra, an important Franciscan Bible commentator, put forth a question at the University of Paris, asking whether it was possible to prove the advent of Christ from scriptures received by the Jews. This question reflects the challenges he faced as a Christian exegete det...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Jewish Culture and Contexts
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 6 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Medieval Christian Use of Hebrew and Postbiblical Jewish Texts
- Chapter 2. Nicholas of Lyra, O.F.M.: Mediating Hebrew Traditions for a Christian Audience
- Chapter 3. The Challenge of Unbelief: Knowing Christian Truth Through Jewish Scripture
- Chapter 4. Wrestling with Rashi: Nicholas of Lyra's Quodlibetal Questions and Anti-Jewish Polemic
- Chapter 5. Christian Ownership of Jewish Text: Nicholas of Lyra as an Alternative Jewish Authority
- Appendix: Manuscripts Consulted Containing Nicholas of Lyra's Quaestio de adventu Christi
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments