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Marks of distinction : Christian perceptions of Jews in the high Middle Ages

Title
Marks of distinction : Christian perceptions of Jews in the high Middle Ages / Irven M. Resnick.
Author
Resnick, Irven M.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2012.

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Description
xiii, 385 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 24 cm.
Subject
  • Judaism > Relations > Christianity
  • Christianity and other religions > Judaism
  • Physiognomy > Religious aspects > Christianity
  • Human body > Social aspects > Europe
  • Human body > Religious aspects > Christianity
  • Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-378) and index.
Contents
Introduction to medieval physiognomy -- Physical deformities and circumcision -- The Jews and leprosy -- The dietary laws, food, and illicit sexuality -- The Jews and melancholy -- Planetary influences; or, The Jews and Saturn -- Case studies revealing a Jewish physiognomy.
Call Number
*PGZ 12-1689
ISBN
  • 9780813219691 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0813219698 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011050255
OCLC
772115815
Author
Resnick, Irven M.
Title
Marks of distinction : Christian perceptions of Jews in the high Middle Ages / Irven M. Resnick.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-378) and index.
Research Call Number
*PGZ 12-1689
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