Petrus Alfonsi 1062-1110? creator Resnick, Irven Michael. text bibliography biography Electronic books. Early works. dcu Washington, D.C Catholic University of America Press ©2006 2006 monographic eng lat 1 online resource (xxv, 290 pages) : illustrations. "Petrus Alfonsi's Dialogue Against the Jews (ca. 1109) breaks new ground in the history of Christian anti-Jewish polemics. As a recent convert from Judaism, Alfonsi introduced an intimate knowledge of Jewish literature and contemporary practice absent from earlier Christian sources. This knowledge enabled him to attack for the first time the Talmud (or, more broadly, post-biblical Jewish literature) as a source of Jewish error, with arguments drawn from philosophy and theology, astronomy, medicine, and physics. Equally important, Alfonsi's Dialogue contains an extensive anti-Muslim polemic to explain not only why he abandoned Judaism but also why he rejected Islam and chose the Christian faith." "Never before translated into English, this work presents to the reader perhaps the most important source for an intensifying medieval Christian-Jewish debate."--Jacket. ""CONTENTS""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Introduction""; ""Dialogue Against the Jews""; ""Proemium and Prologue""; ""First Titulus""; ""Second Titulus""; ""Third Titulus""; ""Fourth Titulus""; ""Fifth Titulus""; ""Sixth Titulus""; ""Seventh Titulus""; ""Eighth Titulus""; ""Ninth Titulus""; ""Tenth Titulus""; ""Eleventh Titulus""; ""Twelfth Titulus""; ""Indices""; ""General Index""; ""Index of Biblical Citations""; ""Index of Talmudic Citations""; ""Index of Quranic Citations""; ""Diagram of Climata (British Library)"" ""Diagram of Climata (Bodleian Library, Oxford)""""Diagram of Sunâ€?s Orbit (Bodleian Library, Oxford)""; ""Tetragrammaton (St. Johnâ€?s College, Cambridge)"" Petrus Alfonsi ; translated by Irven M. Resnick. Includes bibliographical references (pages xi-xxv) and indexes. Judaism Controversial literature Early works to 1800 Apologetics Early works to 1800 Apologetics Early works to 1800 Judaism Controversial literature Early works to 1800 Judaïsme Ouvrages de controverse Ouvrages avant 1800 Apologétique Ouvrages avant 1800 RELIGION Christian Theology Apologetics RELIGION Judaism General Apologetics Judaism Jodendom Apologetik Antijudaismus Judentum BM585 .P483513 2006eb 239 Petrus Alfonsi, 1062-1110?. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2006004117 Mediaeval continuation 9780813216409 0813216400 22573/ctt25hqx5 JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=360266 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=360266 E7B 060208 20200709055339.0 ocn646786262 eng