The unknown neighbour : : the Jew in the thought of Isidore of Seville / / Wolfram Drews.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 59
• VerfasserIn: Drews, Wolfram,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 59.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This book provides a detailed analysis of Isidore of Seville's attitude towards Jews and Judaism. Starting out from his anti-Jewish work De fide catholica contra Iudaeos , the author puts Isidore's argument into the context of his entire literary production. Furthermore, he explores the pl...

Table of Contents

• List of Abbreviations
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The problem: Parameters of identity in Visigothic Spain
• Chapter 2. Isidore of Seville's de fide catholica contra Iudaeos
• 2.1. Structure
• 2.2. Argument
• 2.2.1. Sources
• 2.2.1.1. The biblical text
• 2.2.1.2.Church fathers
• 2.2.2.Method
• 2.3. Theology
• 2.3.1. Fides
• 2.3.2.Sacraments
• 2.3.3.Conversion
• 2.4. The addressees of Isidore's anti-Jewish treatise
• Chapter 3. Isidore's attitude towards Judaism
• 3.1. A stereotypical image
• 3.2. The relationship between Jews and gentiles
• 3.3. The present position of the Jews in the economy of salvation
• 3.4. Eschatology
• 3.5. Ecclesiology
• 3.6. The theological position of Jews and Judaism in Isidore's entire corpus
• 3.7. Isidore's position compared to other patristic authors
• Chapter 4. Isidore's position on contemporary Jewish policies
• 4.1. Forced baptism and its consequences
• 4.2. The role of force and free will in conversion
• 4.3. "The Jew" as an outsider: the Catholic nation
• 4.4. Anti-Judaism as cultural and political "capital"
• Chapter 5. Conclusion
• 5.1. De fide catholica within the context of Isidore's theological argument
• 5.2. The reception of Isidore's anti-Jewish treatise
• 5.3. Catholic faith, Jews, and Spanish identity
• Bibliography
• Sources
• Secondary literature
• Index.