Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Contributors xiii
6. Abbreviations xvii
7. Imagining The Jew In Anglo-Saxon Literature And Culture 1
8. Introduction: The Jew In The Anglo-Saxon Imagination 3
9. Defining The Jew: A Question Of Race, Ethnicity, Or Religion?
10. 1.Anglo-Saxons, Israelites, Hebrews, And Jews 27
11. 2. Nathan The Jew In The Old English Vindicta Salvatoris 40
12. The Jew In Anglo-Saxon Theology And Liturgy: Aspects Of Language, Place, And Time
13. 3. Hebraeam Scire Linguam: Bede’S Rhetoric Of The Hebrew Truth 63
14. 4. Building Anti-Semitism In Bede 79
15. 5. Transition And Renewal: Jews And The Church Year In Anglo-Saxon England 108
16. Literary Types And Anglo-Saxon Audiences
17. 6. Abraham’S Children: Jewish Promise And Christian Fulfilment 131
18. 7. Time, Liturgy, And History In The Old English Elene 156
19. 8. Jewish Magic And Christian Miracle In The Old English Andreas 167
20. Visual Media: Representations Of Jews And Jewish Spaces
21. 9. Hagar And Ishmael: The Uncanny And The Exile 197
22. 10. King Edgar Leaping And Dancing Before The Lord 219
23. 11. “In Those Days”: Giants And The Giant Moses In The Old English Illustrated Hexateuch 237
24. Epilogue: Pre- And Post-Conquest Identifications: Continuity And Difference
25. 12. Reading Ælfric In The Twelfth Century: Anti-Judaic Doctrine Becomes Anti-Judaic Rhetoric 265
26. Illustrations 281
27. Bibliography 309
28. Index 345