Struggling with Tradition: Reservations about Active Martyrdom in the Middle Ages (Brill Reference Library of Judaism)

Struggling with Tradition: Reservations about Active Martyrdom in the Middle Ages......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
1. Active and Passive Martyrdom in Mainz 1096......Page 16
2. A Halakhic and Human Dilemma: The Ashkenazic Struggle with its Own Tradition......Page 34
Continuity of the Phenomenon and the Development of Traditions......Page 35
Halakhic References and Discussions......Page 43
Conclusion......Page 55
3. The Iberian Peninsula between 1391-1497......Page 60
Active Martyrdom in 1391......Page 62
Ashkenazic Ideology of Martyrdom in Sefarad during the 13th-14th Centuries......Page 66
Ashkenazic Ideology of Martyrdom in Sefarad in the Fifteenth Century......Page 69
Portugal 1493-1497......Page 80
The Sources......Page 82
The Abduction of the Children: Between 1493 and 1497......Page 84
The "Simple People of Israel" and the "Heads of Israel": Two Roads to Martyrdom in the Mass Forced-Conversion in Lisbon......Page 89
Summary......Page 98
Appendix A: The Ideology of Active Martyrdom in Antiquity: The Petronius Affair......Page 102
Appendix B: On Revisionism, Reading Comprehension, and Academic Aggressiveness: A Response to Ram Ben-Shalom......Page 108
Judah Halevi, the Reconquista and 1391......Page 109
Nachmanides and the Beginning of Ashkenazic Influence......Page 111
Demography of Forced Converts in Spain and Ashkenaz......Page 113
Appendix C: Hebrew Sources......Page 116
Appendix D: The Historical Background of the Scroll of Amrafel......Page 128
The Scroll of Amrafel: Translation......Page 138
Selected Bibliography......Page 142
Index......Page 144
Back Matter......Page 148