Jews in the early modern English imagination

by Holmberg, Eva Johanna.
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Series: Transculturalisms, 1400-1700 Published by : Ashgate, (Aldershot, Hants, England ; | Burlington, Vt. :) Physical details: 180 p. Year: 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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."

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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