The Barcelona Disputation [Review of ‘Barcelona and Beyond: The Disputation of 1263 and Its Aftermath’, by R. Chazan]

dc.contributor.authorBerger, David
dc.contributor.otherChazan, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-05T20:34:19Z
dc.date.available2023-10-05T20:34:19Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionBook review (Judaica)en_US
dc.description.abstractIn many respects, Robert Chazan's new book on the disputation of 1263 between NaI:imanides and Friar Paul Christian is an excellent and very important contribution to the century-old historiographical debate about one of the most famous events in medieval Jewish history. The Barcelona disputation, where Friar Paul unveiled a relatively new approach appealing to talmudic sources as evidence for the truth of Christianity, was manifestly a moment of high drama, so significant and so thoroughly investigated that we might be pardoned a certain skepticism about the ability of any scholar to say something new about it. To a significant degree, Chazan has overcome this obstacle by providing an overview of the event that forces us to look at the large picture fortified with a healthy infusion of common sense. At the same time, part of the analysis seems to me to stand in tension with itself, and I am inclined to utilize some of the evidence that Chazan presents so lucidly to reach a conclusion different from his.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBerger, D. (1995). The Barcelona Disputation [Review of ‘Barcelona and Beyond: The Disputation of 1263 and Its Aftermath’, by R. Chazan]. AJS Review, 20(2), 379-388.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttps://www.academia.edu/44322766/David_Berger_The_Barcelona_Disputation_Review_of_Barcelona_and_Beyond_The_Disputation_of_1263_and_Its_Aftermath_by_Robert_Chazan_AJS_Review_vol_20_no_2_1995_379_388en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9290
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherU Pennsylvaniaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAJS Review;20(2)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectBook reviewen_US
dc.subjectNaḥmanides, approximately 1195-approximately 1270. Ṿikuaḥ ha-Ramban.en_US
dc.subjectChristianity --Controversial literature.en_US
dc.subjectJudaism --Apologetic works.en_US
dc.subjectBarcelona Disputation, Barcelona, Spain, 1263.en_US
dc.subjectJudaism --Relations --Christianity.en_US
dc.subjectChristianity and other religions --Judaism.en_US
dc.subjectJews --Spain --History.en_US
dc.subjectSpain --Ethnic relations.en_US
dc.titleThe Barcelona Disputation [Review of ‘Barcelona and Beyond: The Disputation of 1263 and Its Aftermath’, by R. Chazan]en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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