Aquinas and the Jews

by John Y.B. Hood

Overview

Hood's study contends that Aquinas's writings remain resistant to or skeptical of anti-Jewish trends in thirteenth-century theology. Aquinas sets out simply to clarify and systematize received theological and canonistic teachings on the Jews.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812215236
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/1995
Series:	The Middle Ages Series
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.46(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Theological Tradition
2. The Thirteenth-Century Context
3. People of the Promises, People of the Law
4. Gravissimum Peccatum: The Crucifixion of Christ and the Guilt of the Jews
5. The Jews in Christian Society
6. Aquinas and the Persecution of European Jews

List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index