Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. viii, 141 p.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. Jewish culture and contexts

Subject

1. Judaism (Christian theology) > History of doctrines
2. Judaism > Relations > Christianity > History > 18th century
3. Christian converts from Judaism > England > Biography
4. Marcus, Moses, b. 1701
5. Jewish learning and scholarship > England > History > 18th century
6. Church of England Clergy > History > 18th century
7. Christianity and other religions > Judaism > History > 18th century
8. Christian Hebraists > England > History > 18th century

Contents

1. Covenants connected and unconnected : David Nieto and his Anglican adversaries, Humphrey Prideaux and Moses Marcus -- Moses Marcus's conversion to Christianity -- The career of Moses Marcus in London : an expert on Judaism and a defender of religious orthodoxy -- Restoring the "true text" of the Old Testament : William Whiston and his critics, Johann Carpzov and Moses Marcus -- Anthony Collins's attack on William Whiston : could the rabbis ultimately rescue Christianity from its own exegetical crisis? -- On the proper education of an English divine : William Wotton and his learned friends.

Call number

1. *PGN 07-1073

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-135) and index.

Author

1. Ruderman, David B.

Title

1. Connecting the covenants : Judaism and the search for Christian identity in eighteenth-century England / David B. Ruderman.

Imprint

1. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2007.

Series

1. Jewish culture and contexts

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-135) and index.

Connect to:

1. Table of contents only

LCCN

1. 2006102744

ISBN

1. 9780812240160 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2. 0812240162 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. *PGN 07-1073