On the Margins of a Minority: Leprosy, Madness, and Disability among the Jews of Medieval Europe Contributor(s): Shoham-Steiner, Ephraim (Author), Watzman, Haim (Translator) |
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ISBN: 081433931X ISBN-13: 9780814339312 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Jewish Studies - Religion | Judaism - History - History | Europe - Medieval |
Dewey: 305.908 |
LCCN: 2013951088 |
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.41" W x 9.24" (1.35 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
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Publisher Description: In medieval Europe, the much larger Christian population regarded Jews as their inferiors, but how did both Christians and Jews feel about those who were marginalized within the Ashkenazi Jewish community? In On the Margins of a Minority: Leprosy, Madness, and Disability among the Jews of Medieval Europe, author Ephraim Shoham-Steiner explores the life and plight of three of these groups. Shoham-Steiner draws on a wide variety of late-tenth- to fifteenth-century material from both internal (Jewish) as well as external (non-Jewish) sources to reconstruct social attitudes toward these "others," including lepers, madmen, and the physically impaired. Shoham-Steiner considers how the outsiders were treated by their respective communities, while also maintaining a delicate balance with the surrounding non-Jewish community. |