<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Scholars of Jewish history have paid consistent and devoted attention to the Barcelona Disputation of 1263. Records of this event preserve contemporary Jewish and Christian responses to the proceedings, which pitted Nahmanides, the most important exegete and teacher of the region, against a convert from Judaism to Christianity, took place in the royal court before an illustrious audience. This essay traces trends in scholarly treatments of the Barcelona Disputation from the early days of the Wissenschaft des Judentums to the present. By examining challenges of veracity posed by the documentary sources as well as foundational assumptions about what the medieval authors intended to achieve with their accounts, this article provides broad overview of the historiography that has developed around the Barcelona Disputation.</p></abstract>

Scholars of Jewish history have paid consistent and devoted attention to the Barcelona Disputation of 1263. Records of this event preserve contemporary Jewish and Christian responses to the proceedings, which pitted Nahmanides, the most important exegete and teacher of the region, against a convert from Judaism to Christianity, took place in the royal court before an illustrious audience. This essay traces trends in scholarly treatments of the Barcelona Disputation from the early days of the Wissenschaft des Judentums to the present. By examining challenges of veracity posed by the documentary sources as well as foundational assumptions about what the medieval authors intended to achieve with their accounts, this article provides broad overview of the historiography that has developed around the Barcelona Disputation.

The Barcelona Disputation: Texts and Contexts

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Scholars of Jewish history have paid consistent and devoted attention to the Barcelona Disputation of 1263. Records of this event preserve contemporary Jewish...

The Barcelona Disputation: Texts and Contexts

Published Online: Aug 10, 2020

Page range: 21 - 39

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2020-0020

Keywords
Nahmanides, Barcelona Disputation, polemics, historiography

© 2020 Nina Caputo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Barcelona Disputation: Texts and Contexts

Published Online: Aug 10, 2020

Page range: 21 - 39

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2020-0020

KeywordsNahmanides, Barcelona Disputation, polemics, historiography

© 2020 Nina Caputo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Nahmanides, Barcelona Disputation, polemics, historiography