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Interfaith Dialogues: Jewish and Christian Connections via Medieval Art and Literature

A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 3839

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Sara Offenberg

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Associate Professor, Department of the Arts, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba 84105, Israel
Interests: chivalry and warriors in Hebrew manuscripts; German pietists; Hebrew illuminated prayer books; Jewish–Christian relations in medieval art and literature
Dr. Vered Tohar

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Department of the Literature of the Jewish People, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
Interests: the Hebrew story; the Hebrew book; pre-modern Jewish literature; Jewish folklore; Jewish culture; Hebrew children's literature

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue on the subject of “Jewish–Christian Relations in Medieval Art and Literature.” This Special Issue aims to explore the complex relationship between Jews and Christians during the medieval period and its representation in art and literature. We invite contributions that examine the ways in which Jewish and Christian cultures intersected, overlapped, or collided in medieval art and literature, and how these interactions shaped the cultural, social, and political landscapes of the time.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  • Representations of Jews and Christians in medieval art and literature
  • Jewish and Christian visual and literary culture
  • Interfaith relations and cultural exchange
  • Polemical texts and anti-Jewish sentiments in medieval literature
  • Christian Hebraism and Jewish responses
  • Theological and philosophical debates between Jews and Christians
  • Manuscripts, codices and illuminated texts
  • Material culture and religious objects

We welcome submissions from scholars working in various disciplines, including art history, literary studies, history, theology and philosophy. We especially encourage submissions that offer interdisciplinary perspectives and engage with contemporary debates and theories.

We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 400–600 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the guest editors (offenbergs@gmail.com) or to the Religions editorial office (religions@mdpi.com). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors for the purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review.

Tentative completion schedule:

  • Abstract submission deadline: 1 August 2023
  • Notification of abstract acceptance: 28 August 2023
  • Full manuscript deadline: 30 November 2023

Dr. Sara Offenberg
Dr. Vered Tohar
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Religions is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Jewish–Christian relations
  • medieval art
  • medieval literature
  • interfaith relations
  • polemical texts
  • Christian Hebraism
  • theological debates
  • manuscripts
  • material culture
  • cultural exchange

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The Jewish Reception of the Ars Notoria: Preliminary Insights into a Recent Discovery
by Gal Sofer
Religions 2024, 15(3), 339; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15030339 - 12 Mar 2024
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Recent advancements in studying the Ars Notoria, notably through Julian Véronèse’s critical edition, have provided insights into its manuscripts and various interpretations. This progress sets the stage for exploring a less examined area: the Jewish reception of the Ars Notoria, a [...] Read more.
Recent advancements in studying the Ars Notoria, notably through Julian Véronèse’s critical edition, have provided insights into its manuscripts and various interpretations. This progress sets the stage for exploring a less examined area: the Jewish reception of the Ars Notoria, a topic ripe for investigation in the current scholarly landscape. This article explores the Jewish engagement with this Christian text, particularly through its Hebrew translation Melekhet Muskelet, as well as a notable discovery that links the Ars Notoria’s notae to the Kabbalistic ten sefirot. This connection suggests an early Jewish interest in this Christian magical text. The study, using textual and visual analysis, offers insights into the interplay between medieval Jewish Kabbalah and Christian magical texts, underscoring the need to reevaluate their mutual influences during the 13th and 14th centuries. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interfaith Dialogues: Jewish and Christian Connections via Medieval Art and Literature)
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Our Lady at the Seder Table
by Zsófia Buda
Religions 2024, 15(2), 144; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15020144 - 24 Jan 2024
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This paper discusses a unique miniature in a fifteenth-century Ashkenazi Passover Haggadah. The image represents a young woman holding an open book at a spread Seder table at the opening words of the Maggid, the narrative part of the Haggadah. The image of [...] Read more.
This paper discusses a unique miniature in a fifteenth-century Ashkenazi Passover Haggadah. The image represents a young woman holding an open book at a spread Seder table at the opening words of the Maggid, the narrative part of the Haggadah. The image of the woman is reminiscent of Christian representations of female patrons, saints, and the Virgin Mary herself. Having demonstrated this similarity, this article attempts to explain it by exploring to what degree the concept of the ‘ideal woman’ was shared in Jewish and Christian cultures. Since the lady in the Haggadah is clearly interacting with a book, the article also surveys textual evidence of female education in medieval Ashkenaz and women’s participation in religious rituals, to examine to what degree portraying the lady this way could reflect the reality of fifteenth-century Ashkenaz. The findings suggest that the authorship of the Haggadah may have deliberately drawn a visual parallel between the lady in the Haggadah and the Virgin Mary in order to challenge the latter’s unique position in Christianity and counterweight her ever-growing cult. Full article
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Bestiary Imagery in Hebrew Manuscripts of the Thirteenth Century
by Adam S. Cohen
Religions 2024, 15(1), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15010133 - 21 Jan 2024
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In medieval bestiaries, knowledge about animals and their behavior is regularly given a Christian moral interpretation. This article explores the use of imagery related to the bestiary tradition in three Hebrew books made around the year 1300, focusing especially on the richly decorated [...] Read more.
In medieval bestiaries, knowledge about animals and their behavior is regularly given a Christian moral interpretation. This article explores the use of imagery related to the bestiary tradition in three Hebrew books made around the year 1300, focusing especially on the richly decorated Rothschild Pentateuch (Los Angeles, Getty Museum MS 116). These Hebrew books signal how bestiary knowledge and its visual expression could be adapted to enrich the experience of medieval Jewish reader-viewers, adding to our understanding of Jewish-Christian interactions in medieval Europe. Full article
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