Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 45629
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Williams Boyarin , Adrienne
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  • Title: The Jew and the Priest
  • Source: The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess. Adrienne Williams Boyarin.   Edited by Adrienne Williams Boyarin, translator of Appendix 4 The Jew and the Priest.  University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.  Pages 243 - 244. Available with a subscription from De Gruyter: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812297508-015
  • Description: Provides the original text and English translation of an exemplum set in France about a priest who loved a Jewish woman. The emphasis is on the priest's sexual transgression as miraculously revealed when he performs the mass. The Jewish woman is converted at the sight of his vestments turned to black and demands baptism.
  • Article Type: Edition of Text ; Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Clergy- Sexual Behavior in Literature Conversion, Religious Exempla, Literary Genre Jews
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles ; France
  • Century: 13
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Victoria, British Columbia
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  • Year of Publication: 2021.
  • Language: English ; Latin
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9780812252590 (print); 9780812297508 (online)