Jews, Christians And Muslims: Some Theological Disputations In Medieval Europe
Jews, Christians And Muslims: Some Theological Disputations In Medieval Europe
Author(s): Andrei OişteanuSubject(s): Jewish studies
Published by: The Goldstein Goren Center for Hebrew Studies
Keywords: Theological disputations in Western Europe between the 13th and the 15th centuries; The theological disputation in Paris; 1240; The theological disputation in Barcelona; 1263; The theological disputation in Tortosa; 1413–1414; Theological disputations in
Summary/Abstract: I shall try to present from a comparative perspective a historical (as well as legendary and literary) motif which has been very widespread in the Middle Ages. The motif in question is that of public theological disputations. These interconfessional controversies were commonly “staged” according to the following scenario: spokesmen of two or more religions were set to challenge one another in a public theological disputation, often having as an “arbiter” none other than the sovereign or the Pope. I shall present several debates of this type that took place in Western and in Eastern Europe. I shall not approach the subject from a properly speaking theological perspective, but rather from a historical one.
Journal: Studia Hebraica
- Issue Year: 2006
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 95-107
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
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