The Brighter Side of Medieval Christian-Jewish Polemical Encounters: Transfer of Medical Knowledge in the Midi (Twelfth-Fourteenth Centuries)

This paper argues that as a result of the competition over patients between Jewish and Christian doctors in the Midi (twelfth–fourteenth centuries) Jewish doctors were more prone than other Jewish intellectuals to acquaint themselves with Christian culture (and also to convert). In this respect, the...

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1. VerfasserIn: Freudenthal, Gad 1944- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2018
In: Medieval encounters
Jahr: 2018, Band: 24, Heft: 1/3, Seiten: 29-61
weitere Schlagwörter:B Doeg the Edomite Leon Joseph of Carcassonne Jean (Juan) of Avignon medieval Jewish doctors Jewish intellectual life in medieval Provence cultural transfer medieval Hebrew translations competition over patients religious polemics
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Zusammenfassung:This paper argues that as a result of the competition over patients between Jewish and Christian doctors in the Midi (twelfth–fourteenth centuries) Jewish doctors were more prone than other Jewish intellectuals to acquaint themselves with Christian culture (and also to convert). In this respect, the massive Latin-into-Hebrew cultural transfer in medicine contrasts with the slight Latin-into-Hebrew cultural transfer in philosophy (until the end of the fourteenth century). Jewish doctors were able to keep up with Latin medicine, even at times of rapid change, often through Latin-into-Hebrew translations.
ISSN:1570-0674
Enthält:In: Medieval encounters
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340016