Holmberg, Eva Johanna. Jews in the early modern English imagination : a scattered nation

Folger bibliographic ID: 264438
Folger call number: PR151.J5 H65 2011
Folger holdings ID: 350048

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Locating the Jews. Maps of captivity, dispersion and wandering -- In the ghetto, on the mountain top -- Inside the synagogue -- Observing the religion of the Jews. Sacred texts, cursed fables -- Worship and wild gestures -- Circumcision -- Domestic duties, devotions, and ceremonies -- Framing Jewish bodies and souls. Bodies distinctively apparelled -- Looks, shapes and sizes -- A Jew within -- "Mercuriall wits" and "violent passions."

Extended title: Jews in the early modern English imagination : a scattered nation / Eva Johanna Holmberg

Jews in literature Travelers' writings, English English literature Kulturkontakt Reisender England Juden Mittelmeerraum

author: Holmberg, Eva Johanna