Although closely focused on the remarkable Hebrew First-Crusade
narratives, Robert Chazan's new interpretation of these texts is
anything but narrow, as his title, "God, Humanity, and History, "
strongly suggests. The three surviving Hebrew accounts of the
crusaders' devastating assaults on Rhineland Jewish communities
during the spring of 1096 have been examined at length, but only
now can we appreciate the extent to which they represent their
turbulent times.
After a close analysis of the texts themselves, Chazan addresses
the objectives of the three narratives. He compares these accounts
with earlier Jewish history writing and with contemporary crusade
historiography. It is in their disjuncture with past forms of
Jewish historical narration and their amazing parallels with Latin
crusade narratives that the Hebrew narratives are most revealing.
We see how they reflect the embeddedness of early Ashkenazic Jewry
in the vibrant atmosphere of late-eleventh- and
early-twelfth-century northern Europe.
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