On the Word of a Jew: Religion, Reliability, and the Dynamics of Trust. Edited by Nina Caputo and Mitchell B. Hart. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2019. ix + 323 pp. $90.00 hardcover; $45.00 paper

On the Word of a Jew: Religion, Reliability, and the Dynamics of Trust. Edited by Nina Caputo and Mitchell B. Hart. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2019. ix + 323 pp. $90.00 hardcover; $45.00 paper. This edited volume comprises fourteen essays on the historical dynamics of reliability and tru...

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Published in:Church history 2020, Vol.89 (2), p.424-424
Main Author: Sienna, Noam
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Christianity
Jewish people
Judaic studies
Metaphor
Religion
Religious history
Trust
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Summary:On the Word of a Jew: Religion, Reliability, and the Dynamics of Trust. Edited by Nina Caputo and Mitchell B. Hart. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2019. ix + 323 pp. $90.00 hardcover; $45.00 paper. This edited volume comprises fourteen essays on the historical dynamics of reliability and trust in Jewish Studies, organized into four sections. The volume focuses on how Jews—both in the figure of the Jew as metaphor and in encounters with actual Jews or Jewish communities—were trusted or mistrusted in the context of Jewish-Christian relations
ISSN:0009-6407
1755-2613
DOI:10.1017/S0009640720000736