Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-308) and index.
Contents
Introduction: equality, supersession, and anxiety -- Ambivalence and continuity -- The Bollandists and their work -- Richard of Pontoise and Philip Augustus -- The Jewish version: the Bollandist reconstruction vindicated -- A usable past -- Purity and its discontents -- Denouement.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Language
Includes documents in Latin as well as documents translated into English from Hebrew and Latin.