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100	1		_aGross, Abraham, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aStruggling with Tradition : _bReservations about Active Martyrdom in the Middle Ages / _cAbraham Gross.
246	3		_aReservations about Active Martyrdom in the Middle Ages
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBRILL, _c2004.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe Brill Reference Library of Judaism ; _v19
490	1		_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPREFACE -- Active Martyrdom During the First Crusade in Ashkenaz - Tradition or Innovation? -- CHAPTER ONE -- Active and Passive Martyrdom in Mainz 1096 -- CHAPTER TWO -- Halakhic and Human Dilemma: Ashkenazic Struggle with its Own Tradition - Continuity of the Phenomenon and development of Traditions-Halakhic References and Discussions-Conclusions -- CHAPTER THREE -- The Iberian Peninsula -- Introduction-Active Martyrdom in 1391-Ashkenazic Ideology of Martyrdom in Sefarad in the Fifteenth Century-Portugal 1493-1497-The Sources-The Abduction of the Children: Between 1493 and 1497-The "Simple People of Israel" and the "Heads of Israel"; Two Roads to Martyrdom in the Mass Forced-Conversion in Lisbon-Summary.
520			_aThis monograph discusses the disagreement within the Jewish community concerning the medieval practice of active martyrdom, including slaughter of children and suicide, from the 11th until the 16th centuries. It covers the mainly implicit reservations about and objections in Jewish society to this practice. It is suggested that such opinions existed throughout the period when this practice was accepted in halakhic (legal) terms and by the most outstanding Jurists. It is argued that this was the case during the persecutions of the First Crusade in Germany and in the following centuries in the Ashkenazic cultural sphere. This is complemented by a survey and analysis of the situation in the Iberian peninsula during the 14th-15th centuries, when such phenomenon is detected during the persecutions in 1391 and during the so-called "expulsion" from Portugal in 1497. A series of appendices discuss a variety of related topics and all main texts discussed in the book in the original Hebrew. While many scholars discussed the phenomenon of active martyrdom and described its status among medieval Jewry as positive and monolithic, this book proposes a different angle which reveals the ongoing objections of scholars and parts of Jewish society who opposed active martyrdom on legal as well as on emotional grounds until the eventual waning and disappearance of this practice. It is suggested that this actual change set the background for an explicit and total legal rejection of a tradition which lasted and was admired and hailed for more than 400 years.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aMartyrdom _xJudaism _xHistory of doctrines _yMiddle Ages, 600-1500.
650		0	_aMartyrdom _xJudaism.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tStruggling with Tradition : Reservations about Active Martyrdom in the Middle Ages. _dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2004 _z9789004138537 _w(DLC) 2004049682
830		0	_aThe Brill Reference Library of Judaism ; _v19.
830		0	_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047413783
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