An Interreligious Dialogue: Portrayal of Jews in Dutch French-Language Periodicals (1680-1715)

Opis

An Interreligious Dialogue: Portrayal of Jews in Dutch French-Language Periodicals (1680-1715). This monograph analyses the way that Jews were portrayed in various scholarly journals and lay gazettes published in French in the United Provinces of the Netherlands, mostly by Huguenot refugees. Many of these sources have previously escaped scholarly attention, and as such are valuable sources for exploration. The scholarly journals are mostly focused on the discussion of historical and theological aspects of Jewish people and Judaism, the origins of their language and its influence on others, and their customs and nuances related to worship. The lay gazettes discuss gossip and contemporary even