Judaism in Christian Eyes

This book examines Christian ethnographic writing about the Jews in early modern Europe, offering a systematic historical analysis of this literary genre and arguing its importance for better understanding both the period in general and Jewish-Christian relations in particular.

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Humanities, Institute of Arts and Letters, Hebrew University Jerusalem

Introduction
Chapter 1: A Survey of the Ethnographic Accounts about the Jews
Chapter 2: May the Lord Make You My Atonement - Yom Kippur in the Ethnographic Accounts on the Jews
Chapter 3: Admit Him into the Covenant of Abraham? Circumcision and Other Birth Rituals
Chapter 4: Gorging and Carousing: Accounts on Jewish Dietary Guidelines and Eating Habits
Chapter 5: An Overview of the Ethnographic Writing about the Jews
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