Description:
In The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess, Adrienne Williams Boyarin explores medieval fantasies of Jewish-Christian indistinguishability. Identifying what she calls polemics of sameness, an essential part of anti-Jewish materials, she shows how the fine line between saming and othering reveals stereotypes of the unmarked Jewess.
Review Quotes: "The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess is remarkable, nothing short of paradigm changing. The book will be an essential resource for scholars and students of medieval studies, Jewish studies, and those interested in the formation of proto-racial discourses. The book's careful readings of 'understudied' medieval texts and documents is a significant advantage; too many studies of Jewish representation in medieval texts focus on the same few literary and visual repertoires. Williams Boyarin's voice is original and masterful."-- "Medieval Encounters"