Exposed to all the currents of the Mediterranean: a sixteenth-century venetian rabbi on muslim history
The Western perception of Islam as a belligerent religion owes many of its stereotypes not only to the Crusades, but also to the early modern rivalry between the Ottoman Empire and Christian Europe. Heated debates about the “Turkish menace” dominated European political discourse until the (second) O...
| Altri titoli: | Research Article |
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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[2005]
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AJS review
Anno: 2005, Volume: 29, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 33-60 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Wisdom
B Islam B Seders B Jewish peoples B Judaism B Polemics B Christianity B Rabbis B Ottoman Empire B Jewish History |
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| Riepilogo: | The Western perception of Islam as a belligerent religion owes many of its stereotypes not only to the Crusades, but also to the early modern rivalry between the Ottoman Empire and Christian Europe. Heated debates about the “Turkish menace” dominated European political discourse until the (second) Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, as documented by the innumerable Turcica that circulated both swiftly and widely thanks to revolutionary advances in printing. Sixteenth-century Christian authors provided their eager readers with constantly updated versions of Ottoman history, as did some of their Jewish contemporaries. Probably the first Jew to make the Ottomans the major subject matter of his work was Elijah Capsali of Candia in Venetian Crete, who in 1523 completed a Hebrew chronicle titled Seder ءEliyahu Zuta (“Minor Order of Elijah”). |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009405000024 |
