Abraham's Heirs: Jews and Christians in Medieval Europe - Hardcover

Glick, Leonard B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815627785 ISBN 13: 9780815627784

Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr, 1999

Synopsis

This 323-page hardcover was published in 1999 by Syracuse University Press (1st edition). This red hardcover appears to be unread and in like new condition in every way, except that there is no dustcover. The hardcover is very nice, with sharp edges and corners. There is bright silver lettering on the face and spine. The binding is solid, and in new condition. Overall, a very impressive volume. See our 5 photos of this volume.

About this title

About the Author:

Leonard B. Glick is professor of anthropology at Hampshire College, Amherst, where he teaches cultural anthropological approaches to religion and ethnicity.

From Library Journal:

Glick's examination of the social experience of Jews living among Christians in medieval Europe is fascinating. A social historian and anthropologist at Hampshire College, Glick looks at the "ways in which European Jewish culture, identity, and experience were molded in the crucible of western Christendom." He believes modern-day Jewish "cultural psychology" arose from "a patterned set of behavioral dispositions and values, reflecting the historical experience and adaptive strategies of Ashkenazic Jewry" in the Franco-German region. (Glick's account is unique in that he intentionally overlooks Jewish Spain, a popular focus of other scholars.) The Crusades, the Jews' relegation from merchants to moneylenders, and Jewish settlement in and subsequent expulsion from England allow Glick to realize his hypothesis. Glick makes this history come alive. An excellent choice for academic, seminary, and public libraries.?Kevin M. Roddy, Univ. of Hawaii, Hilo
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About this edition

• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0815627785
• ISBN 13: 9780815627784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 323