Gilbert Dahan is the director of research at l'Ecole pratique des hautes etudes (religious studies) as well as the director of research at CNRS, Paris. He is also a member of the Laboratoire d'etudes sur les monotheismes (study of monotheisms). He is an expert in medieval western Jewish and Christian histories and theologies.
Jody Gladding is an American translator and poet. Gladding, who also teaches in the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College, is the author of four books of poetry, one of which is a letterpress edition and one of which is a chapbook.
"The publication of this English version of Dahan's study is
timely, because he presents a remarkable review of what was
happening in the field of Christian polemical literature and a
guide for situating individual authors in their historical, social,
and theological contexts." -Theological Studies
"Dahan's study affords us the best available introduction to
medieval Christian anti-Jewish polemics and...would serve as a very
valuable resource for many graduate courses in medieval studies."
-Speculum
"Dahan. . . first corrects some common misconceptions about
Jewish-Christian relations in the Middle Ages. Next he looks at the
historical context, the legal situation, and the church's decrees
protecting the Jews. Then he describes the forms of polemic,
especially the disputatio, which often took the form of a dialogue
between a Christian and a Jew. He treats the rules of debate; the
use of biblical authority and reason; and some themes: the verus
Israel, the interpretation of the Bible, and the coming of the
Messiah." -Theology Digest
"This work invites those seeking a topic for a doctoral
dissertation to plunge into some of these sources at a deeper
level." -Concordia Theological Seminary
"[T]his concise survey is an extremely valuable resource. Its
succinct introduction to the main genres and the translations of
representative texts whet the reader's appetite for more
information. The footnote references to the primary sources provide
a gateway into a rich storehouse of intriguing literature." -Church
History
"Openess and the mutual sharing of 'biblical, philosophic and
scientific knowledge,' etc., make the Jewish-Christian dialogue in
the twelfth and occasionally even in the thirteenth century perhaps
not as different from Jewish-Christian dialogue today as one
normally supposes. This discovery makes Dahan's little book
interesting and important." -SHOFAR
"...[A] brief and punchy account of the literature of
polemical confrontation in the high Middle Ages...." -Year's Work
in English Studies
"The book is rich in historical backgrounds and literary
sources that bear on the topic. The reader is introduced to many of
the key Christian theologians of this period." -Ashland Theological
Journal
"[A] lucid translation of a standard introduction to the subject which first appeared in French in 1991. The work is strong in its classification of the forms of polemic used..." -Year's Work In Modern Language Studies
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