iHiS COPY IS NOT TO BE BORROWED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS IN THE ‘'WELFTH-CENTURY RENAISSANCE Anna Sapir Abulafia = fd LIBRARY OF THE - CEU CENTRAL EUROPEAN “eee t UNIV RSITY BUDAPEST R London and New YorkFirst published 1995 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 © 1995 Anna Sapir Abulafia Typeset in Garamond by Michael Mepham, Frome, Somerset Printed and bound in Great Britain by Mackays of Chatham PLC, Chatham, Kent All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Abulafia, Anna Sapir. Christians and Jews in the twelfth-century renaissance / Anna 4 Abul Includes bibliogsp ihical references and index. 1. Judaism — Relations - Christianity. 2. Christianity and other religions ~ Judaism. 3. Christianity and antisemitism. 4. Civilization, Medieval - 12th century. 5. Church history - 12th century. I. Title. BM535.S245 1995 261.26'09021-de20 94~24560 ISBN 0-415-00012-2 For David: ‘This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.” (Song of Songs 5:16)