The Jews and the Crusades: Hebrew Chronicles of the First and Second Crusades
Language: English
Published by University of Wisconsin Press, 1977
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Book measures 22x14.5.cm. xi,[1],186pp. Bound in original publishers cloth, with coloured title lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. Size: 8vo.
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- Title
- The Jews and the Crusades: Hebrew Chronicles of the First and Second Crusades
- Author
- Eidelberg Shlomo
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Publication year
- 1977
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Dust jacket
- Very Good Plus
- Binding
- Publishers Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0299070603
- ISBN 13
- 9780299070601
- Seller catalogs
- History, Judaism
The unique emotional power of each chronicle may be felt in the translation. The Chronicle of Solomon bar Samson is a moving narrative concerning the Rhineland massacres. The second chronicle, that of Eliezer bar Nathan, interprets some of the same events in elegiac style and liturgical language while the third chronicle, the Mainz Anonymous though fragmented, is highly analytical in nature. The fourth chronicle, Sefer Zekhirah, is a personal description of the Second Crusade, full of poignant detail. Together, the chronicles present a moving human record of these events, of value not only to professional historians but to all who seek to broaden their understanding of the Jewish experience.
These documents will be of further value in that they exemplify eleventh- and twelfth-century literary style, combining factual accounts and descriptions of events with encomia and liturgical elements. In these four chronicles, this genre is enriched with a language and style derived from a mixture of Biblical, Talmudic, and midrashic literature.
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