The Jewish Dog and 'Shehitah'

Stow, Kenneth (2018) The Jewish Dog and 'Shehitah'. Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures, 5. pp. 175-193. ISSN 2421-5503

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[EN] The essential clash between Judaism and Christianity, especially Catholic Christianity, has been over purity and contamination, in particular, by touch. The anxiety is biblically derived. It pertains especially to consuming meat and is amplified by the biophilic 'affiliation' of humans with animals. The current debate over kosher and halal slaughtering carries over these anxieties. That debate is exemplified in the article by the prohibition of Christian butchers purchasing and selling non-kosher quarters of meat in the early eighteenth century Roman Ghetto and the fight against this prohibition waged by Rabbi Tranquillo Corcos.

Tipologia del documento: Articolo in rivista
Parole chiave: Jewish-Christian Interaction; Meat; Purity; Slaughter; Biophilia; Tranquillo Corcos
Soggetto: D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History
Depositato il: 21 Ago 2026 21:40
Ultima modifica: 22 Ago 2026 14:26
URI: https://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/7990

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