Course: Medieval Judaism and Interreligious Polemics

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General

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- Select activity Oznámení
  
  Oznámení Forum
- Select activity Literature
  
  Literature Page
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  Final Essay Instructions Page
Select section The Main Themes of Islamic Anti-Jewish Polemics: Jews in the Quran and the Islamic tradition (15. 2.)

The Main Themes of Islamic Anti-Jewish Polemics: Jews in the Quran and the Islamic tradition (15. 2.)
- Select activity Perlmann_Polemics
  
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- Select activity Steinschneider_Polemische Literatur
  
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- Select activity Ben-Shammai_Jew-Hatred in the Islamic Tradition and the Koranic Exegesis
  
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Select section The prediction of Muhammad and Islam; the Falsification of the Hebrew Bible (24. 2.)

The prediction of Muhammad and Islam; the Falsification of the Hebrew Bible (24. 2.)
Reading: Lazarus-Yafeh, 1992, Chapters Two and Four; Adang 1996, 237–248.
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- Select activity Adang, Muslim Writers
  
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Select section Polemics against Rabbinical Literature; Jewish Converts to Islam; The Mamlūk Period: Fatwas and Polemics Against Dhimmīs (3. 3.)

Polemics against Rabbinical Literature; Jewish Converts to Islam; The Mamlūk Period: Fatwas and Polemics Against Dhimmīs (3. 3.)
Reading: Szpiech 2010.
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Select section The Jewish Responses: The Majalis, or disputations (10. 3.)

The Jewish Responses: The Majalis, or disputations (10. 3.)
Reading: Sklare, 1999, 137-161.
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Select section The Story of Muhammadʼs Jewish and Christian Companions (17. 3.)

The Story of Muhammadʼs Jewish and Christian Companions (17. 3.)
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Select section The Jewish attitudes towards the Prophet Muhammad (24. 3.)

The Jewish attitudes towards the Prophet Muhammad (24. 3.)
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- Select activity Polemic against Islam in Medieval Hebrew travelogues
  
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Select section ‘Treatise Against the Muslim’ and ‘Bow and Shield’. Two Polemics from Spain (Shelomo ibn Adret, Shimon Zemah Duran) (31. 3.)

‘Treatise Against the Muslim’ and ‘Bow and Shield’. Two Polemics from Spain (Shelomo ibn Adret, Shimon Zemah Duran) (31. 3.)
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Select section Jewish-Christian Polemic in the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: Judaism in Patristic Literature, Christianity in Talmud and Toledot Yeshu (5. 4., 12.4.)

Jewish-Christian Polemic in the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: Judaism in Patristic Literature, Christianity in Talmud and Toledot Yeshu (5. 4., 12.4.)
Reading: Cohen 1999, 23–65; Schäfer 2007, 95–129.
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  Polemics1 File
Select section Jewish-Christian Polemic in the 12th Century and the Role of Reason (19. 4.)

Jewish-Christian Polemic in the 12th Century and the Role of Reason (19. 4.)
Reading: Cohen 1999, 167–218. 
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Select section Jewish Rationalistic Polemic, Christian Attitudes to Rabbinic Literature (26. 4.)

Jewish Rationalistic Polemic, Christian Attitudes to Rabbinic Literature (26. 4.)
Reading: Chazan 2004, 91–121; Funkenstein 1993.
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Select section Mendicants and Public Disputations (3. 5.)

Mendicants and Public Disputations (3. 5.)
Reading: Cohen 1999, 317–363; Chazan 2012; Baer 1961, II, 170–210.
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Select section Converts and their Role in Jewish-Christian Polemics

Converts and their Role in Jewish-Christian Polemics
Reading: Szpiech 2010; Tartakoff 2011; Capelli 2017.
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