Rituals of Childhood : Jewish Acculturation in Medieval Europe

Rituals of Childhood : Jewish Acculturation in Medieval Europe

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Book Description
In this novel interpretation of the initiation rite of Jewish boys beginning their religious schooling, Ivan G. Marcus presents a new anthropological historical approach to Jewish culture and acculturation in medieval Christian Europe. Marcus shows how Jews polemically transformed Christian religious symbols into Jewish counterimages to affirm the truth of Judaism and make sense of living in an intensely Christian culture.

Rituals of Childhood: Jewish Acculturation in Medieval Europe,Ivan G. Marcus,Yale University Press,0300076584,History - General History,Jewish - General,Judaism - General,Judaism - Rituals & Practice,Medieval,Religion,Spirituality - General,Europe,European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland),History / Jewish,History of specific racial & ethnic groups,Jewish studies,Judaism,Religious rites & ceremonies

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