Shared Scripture - Divided Faiths: The Medieval Jewish-Christian Encounter Over the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament - (Hardcover)

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About the Book This volume explores the primarily Western medieval practices of interpretation of the sacred texts that Jews and Christian hold in common. The essays from the 2023 Annual Corcoran Conference collected in this volume illustrate two major themes: multivocality and mutual recognition. Book Synopsis This work explores the ambivalent and often troublesome relationship that Jews and Christians had in the Middle Ages, focusing specifically on scriptural exegesis. While the shared scriptural tradition of Jews and Christians could lead to mutual understanding and rapprochement, it also inspired sharp polemic on the "right" interpretation of those same Scriptures. Even the exact text …