Shared Scripture - Divided Faiths: The Medieval Jewish-Christian Encounter over the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

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 of those shared Scriptures was hard to agree on.
The essays in this volume show that the meaning of Scriptur...