The Jews and the Crusaders: The Hebrew Chronicles of the First and Second Crusades
Language: English
Published by Univ of Wisconsin Pr, Madison, 1978
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Fine Collectible First Edition Hardcover Fine Mylar Protected Dust Jacket. NOT Price cut NOT a library copy. Maps, translations of medieval Hebrew texts.Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1977. 8vo. One of those wonderful academic works that combines the sacred with the scholarly.The Crusaders warmed up by killing Jewish woman and children before they started with the Muslims! Translation of Hebrew text with Map endpapers. Commentary, history as well. Illus. Besides a devotional memory on first blank end paper the book and mylar protected jacket fine collectible condition. First edition, first printing. Three Geese in Flight Celtic Books since 1977 we wrap first in brown paper with Five Star Customer Service.
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- Title
- The Jews and the Crusaders: The Hebrew Chronicles of the First and Second Crusades
- Author
- Shlomo Eidelberg (Editor)
- Publisher
- Univ of Wisconsin Pr, Madison
- Publication year
- 1978
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine Mylared
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0299070603
- ISBN 13
- 9780299070601
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Early Medieval and Tudor, Hebrew Mysticism and Folklore, Medieval, Norse/Anglo Saxon/ Middle English/
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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