Iberian Jewish Literature: Between Al-Andalus and Christian Europe

by Jonathan P. Decter

This stimulating and graceful book explores Iberian Jewish attitudes toward cultural transition during the 12th and 13th centuries, when growing intolerance toward Jews in Islamic al-Andalus and the southward expansion of the Christian Reconquista led to the relocation of Jews from Islamic to Christian domains. By engaging literary topics such as imagery, structure, voice, landscape, and geography, Jonathan P. Decter traces attitudes toward transition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253349133
• ISBN13: 9780253349132
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher