Sanctifying the Name of God : Jewish Martyrs and Jewish Memories of the First Crusade

Author / Creator

Cohen, Jeremy, author

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Summary

"The slaughter of the Jews in the Rhineland in 1096 is one of the better-known events of the First Crusade. Cohen analyzes the texts of the Jewish accounts of these massacres in light of the martyr...

"The slaughter of the Jews in the Rhineland in 1096 is one of the better-known events of the First Crusade. Cohen analyzes the texts of the Jewish accounts of these massacres in light of the martyrdom tradition of Masada, well-known at that time, and the contemporary Christian cult of self-sacrifice. ... Recommended."--Choice.

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