Against the Jews and the Gentiles / edited by Stefano U. Baldassarri and Daniela Pagliara ; translated by David Marsh.
Manetti, Giannozzo, 1396-1459, author.; Baldassarri, Stefano Ugo, editor.; Pagliara, Daniela, editor.; Marsh, David, 1950 September 25- translator.; Container of (expression): Manetti, Giannozzo, 1396-1459. Adversus Iudaeos et Gentes.; Container of (expression): Manetti, Giannozzo, 1396-1459. Adversus Iudaeos et Gentes. English.
2017
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Title Against the Jews and the Gentiles / edited by Stefano U. Baldassarri and Daniela Pagliara ; translated by David Marsh.
Author Manetti, Giannozzo, 1396-1459, author.
ISBN 9780674974975 (hardcover : volume 1)
0674974972 (hardcover : volume 1)
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017-
Language English
Language Note Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages ; introduction and notes in English.
Description volumes ; 21 cm.
Call Number B785.M2443 A38 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 195
Summary Manetti's Latin treatise Adversus Iudaeos et Gentes (Against the Jews and Gentiles) offers a polemical defense of the Christian religion. This volume, which includes the first four books, surveys human history from the Creation to the life, teaching, and resurrection of Christ. Book I begins with the creation and fall of man in the Biblical account. There follows a long digression adversus gentes (the Gentiles, i.e., pagans), which reviews central points of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and religion, and censures the ancients for their senseless doctrines and bloody rites. Manetti then returns to the Jews, whose beliefs and practices are praised from Abraham to Moses. During their centuries of "true" piety, Manetti calls the chosen people "Hebrews." But from the time of the Exodus onwards, he censures them as "Jews" because they observe the absurd and cruel practices of Pentateuchal legislation, which he views as analogous to pagan rites. Manetti stresses several themes in Jewish history: the early development of the concept of righteousness, the Exodus, the Mosaic Law and its inadequacy--thus providing a "preparation for the Gospel" in Eusebius' sense. The next three books provide a synoptic biography of Jesus in three stages. Book II describes the life of Christ up to the raising of Lazarus; Book III relates his teaching, and Book IV offers an account of Christ's passion, death, and resurrection.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Baldassarri, Stefano Ugo, editor.
Pagliara, Daniela, editor.
Marsh, David, 1950 September 25- translator.
Container of (expression): Manetti, Giannozzo, 1396-1459. Adversus Iudaeos et Gentes.
Container of (expression): Manetti, Giannozzo, 1396-1459. Adversus Iudaeos et Gentes. English.
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Series I Tatti Renaissance library ; 79.
Includes Container of (expression): Manetti, Giannozzo, 1396-1459. Adversus Iudaeos et Gentes.
Container of (expression): Manetti, Giannozzo, 1396-1459. Adversus Iudaeos et Gentes. English.
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