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IMC 2019: Sessions

Session 321: Materiality of and in Medieval Jewish Texts and Jewish-Christian Encounters

Monday 1 July 2019, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds
Organiser:Irven Resnick, Department of Philosophy & Religion, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Moderator/Chair:Eva Frojmovic, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds
Paper 321-aVoid if Seal Is Broken: The (Mis-)Handling of Jewish-Christian Business Charters in Late Medieval Austria
(Language: English)
Eveline Brugger, Institut für jüdische Geschichte Österreichs, St. Pölten
Index terms: Archives and Sources, Charters and Diplomatics, Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Paper 321-bMaking and Un-Making the Sign of the Cross in Medieval Jewish-Christian Encounters
(Language: English)
Irven Resnick, Department of Philosophy & Religion, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Religious Life
Abstract

This session will examine the materiality of Jewish texts - both religious texts and secular documents, as well as material 'images' in Jewish-Christian Encounters.