Marks of Distinction: Christian Perceptions of Jews in the High Middle Ages. Irven M. Resnick ( Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2012), vii + 385 pp., cloth 69.95, electronic version available
Irven Resnick's study of medieval Christian perceptions of Jews based on the then-developing “science” of physiognomy offers an intriguing contribution to the history of Western Christian antisemitism. For historians and theologians, Resnick's book provides a rich resource on two levels. F...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-111 |
| Review of: | Marks of distinction (Washington, DC : Catholic Univ. of America Press, 2012) (McNutt, James E.)
Marks of distinction (Washington, DC : Catholic Univ. of America Press, 2012) (McNutt, James E.) |
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| Summary: | Irven Resnick's study of medieval Christian perceptions of Jews based on the then-developing “science” of physiognomy offers an intriguing contribution to the history of Western Christian antisemitism. For historians and theologians, Resnick's book provides a rich resource on two levels. First, the detailed exploration into medieval antisemitism makes available extensive primary-source material from a host of Church leaders, natural scientists, and theologians—the fifty-two-page (!) bibliography alone makes the volume an important tool for researchers. Second, Resnick's smooth narrative and extensive translation of sources gives non-specialists access to the material. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcu008 |