Struggling with tradition : : reservations about active martyrdom in the Middle Ages / / by Abraham Gross.
This monograph discusses the disagreement within the Jewish community concerning the medieval practice of active martyrdom, including slaughter of children and suicide, from the 11th until the 16th centuries. It covers the mainly implicit reservations about and objections in Jewish society to this p...
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Superior document: | The Brill Reference Library of Judaism, Volume 19 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, [2004] ©2004 |
Year of Publication: | 2004 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Brill reference library of Judaism ;
Volume 19. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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