Del 45 i serien Studies in Jewish History and Culture

Marrakesh Dialogues

A Gospel Critique and Jewish Apology from the Spanish Renaissance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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In sixteenth-century Marrakesh, a Flemish merchant converts to Judaism and takes his Catholic brother on a subversive reading of the Gospels and an exploration of the Jewish faith. Their vivid Spanish dialogue, composed by an anonym in 1583, has until now escaped scholarly attention in spite of its success in anti-Christian clandestine literature until the Enlightenment. Based on all nine available manuscripts, this critical edition rediscovers a pioneering work of Jewish self-expression in European languages. The introductory study identifies the author, Estêvão Dias, locates him in insurgent Antwerp at the beginning of the Western Sephardi diaspora, and describes his hybrid culture shaped by the Iberian Renaissance, Portuguese crypto-Judaism, Mediterranean Jewish learning, Protestant theology, and European diplomacy in Africa."The Marrakesh Dialogues has been mentioned only rarely in the scholarly literature, and Wilke’s edition and extended discussion constitute the first attempt at editing the text based upon all the textual evidence, placing it into its historical context, identifying the author and the dramatis personae of the text, analysing the treatise’s contents, and presenting it to a wide audience. He is successful because of his broad knowledge of the political and religious trends in early modern Europe, coupled with close familiarity with converso life and literature." - Daniel L. Lasker, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in: Journal of Jewish Studies Vol. LXVII No. 2, pp. 428-35

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-07-31
Mått155 x 235 x 36 mm
Vikt1 017 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska, Spanska
SerieStudies in Jewish History and Culture
Antal sidor564
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004203457

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PrefacePart 1: Historical StudyIntroductionChapter 1: Retrieving a Jewish Renaissance classicChapter 2: Three Portuguese in Marrakesh, 1581Chapter 3: The author’s European Background, 1545-1581Chapter 4: The history of the text, 1581-1595Chapter 5: Invention of a Literary GenrePart 2: Textual History and CriticismChapter 6: Inventory of Manuscript SourcesChapter 7: Analysis of the textual transmissionChapter 8: Editorial CriteriaPart 3:Critical EditionConspectus SiglorumCommon TextGlossesAlphabetical Index in Ms. BAleixo de Menezes on the Marrakesh DialoguesPart 4: AnnotationsNotes on the Common TextNotes on the GlossesBibliographyList of Images

"The Marrakesh Dialogues has been mentioned only rarely in the scholarly literature, and Wilke’s edition and extended discussion constitute the first attempt at editing the text based upon all the textual evidence, placing it into its historical context, identifying the author and the dramatis personae of the text, analysing the treatise’s contents, and presenting it to a wide audience. He is successful because of his broad knowledge of the political and religious trends in early modern Europe, coupled with close familiarity with converso life and literature." -Daniel L. Lasker (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Journal of Jewish Studies Vol. LXVII No. 2, pp. 428-35