Stern, SD;
(2016)
Christian Calendars in Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts.
Medieval Encounters
, 22
(1-3)
pp. 236-265.
10.1163/15700674-12342223.
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Abstract
The phenomenon of Christian calendars in Hebrew has largely been ignored in modern scholarship; yet it points to an important dimension of Jewish-Christian relations, and more specifically Jewish attitudes towards Christianity, in late medieval northern Europe. It is also evidence of transfer of religious knowledge between Christians and Jews, because the Hebrew texts closely replicate, in contents as well as in layout and presentation, the Latin liturgical calendars, which in many cases the Hebrew scribes must have used directly as base texts. Knowledge of the Christian calendar was essential to Jews for dating documents, especially (but not exclusively) those intended for Christians, for understanding dates in documents, for scheduling business or other meetings with Christians, and in short, for effectively coordinating their socioeconomic activities with the rhythms and structure of Christian medieval life.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Christian Calendars in Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1163/15700674-12342223 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700674-12342223 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 Koninklijke Brill NV. |
| Keywords: | Jewish calendar, Christian calendar, Liturgical calendar, Saints days |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1477128 |
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