Insight of Unbelievers: Nicholas of Lyra and Christian Reading of Jewish Text in the Later Middle Ages

Contributor(s): Klepper, Deeana Copeland (Author)

ISBN: 9780812220216

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Paperback

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Pub Date: May 25, 2008

Dewey: 261.26094409

LCCN: 2007060361

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.56" H x 9.00" L x 6.23" W ( 0.81 lbs) 236 pages

BISAC Categories:

Religion | Judaism | History | Europe | Medieval

Series: Jewish Culture and Contexts

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Description:

By carefully examining the place of Hebrew and rabbinic traditions in the Christian study of the Bible, "The Insight of Unbelievers" elaborates in new ways on the relationship between Christian and Jewish scholarship and polemic in late medieval Europe.

Review Quotes: "A wonderful book--nuanced, lively, vastly erudite. . . . Klepper has given us a look at Nicholas of Lyra that will become a classic study of this most important figure."--E. Ann Matter, University of Pennsylvania

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