Jewish Studies

Martin Jacobs

Islamische Geschichte in jüdischen Chroniken

Hebräische Historiographie des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts

[Islamic History in Jewish Chronicles. 16th- and 17th- Century Hebrew Historiography.]

2004. X, 332 pages.

Texts and Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Judaism 18

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Differing from early modern Christian historiography, contemporary Jewish authors painted an idealized picture of Muslim rulers, as Martin Jacobs shows in his analysis of 16th- and 17th- century Hebrew chronicles. At the same time, he discusses whether Jewish historical writing of that time continued in the medieval tradition or echoed Renaissance patterns.
Differing from early modern Christian historiography, contemporary Jewish authors painted an idealized picture of Muslim rulers, as Martin Jacobs shows in his analysis of 16th- and 17th- century Hebrew chronicles. At the same time, he discusses whether Jewish historical writing of that time continued in the medieval tradition or echoed Renaissance patterns.
Authors/Editors

Martin Jacobs Geboren 1963; 1994 Promotion, 2002 Habilitation (Freie Universität Berlin); Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Studies, Washington University in St. Louis.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Judaica — Jg.61 (2005), H.2, S.179f (Friedmann Eißler)
In: Journal of Early Modern History — Vol.8 (2004), H.3–4, S.443ff (Jan Schmidt)
In: Die Berliner Literaturkritik — berliner-literaturkritik.de
In: Frankfurter Judaistische Beiträge — 2005, H.32, S.219ff (Stefan Schreiner)
In: Revue des Etudes Juives — Jg.164 (2005), H.1–2, S.381ff (Jean-P. Rothschild)
In: www.literatur-report.de — Jg.17 (2004), Nr.6-II (Literatur-report.de)
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