The Unknown Neighbour: The Jew in the Thought of Isidore of Seville by Wolfram Drews
The Unknown Neighbour: The Jew in the Thought of Isidore of Seville (Medieval Mediterranean, No. 59) by Wolfram Drews
English | Mar 1, 2006 | ISBN: 9004149643 | 400 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | Mar 1, 2006 | ISBN: 9004149643 | 400 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
This book provides a detailed analysis of Isidore of Seville's attitude towards Jews and Judaism. Starting out from his anti-Jewish work De fide catholica contra Iudaeos, the author puts Isidore's argument into the context of his entire literary production. Furthermore, he explores the place of Isidore's thinking within the contemporary situation of Visigothic Spain, investigating the political functionalization of religion, most particularly the forced baptisms ordered by King Sisebut, whose advisor Isidore was thought to have been.