Dietary Laws in Medieval Christian-Jewish Polemics: A Survey
Irven M. Resnick
In the religious debate between Jews and Christians, biblical dietary laws come to illustrate important assumptions concerning “other.” Early medieval Christians asserted that were not bound by tended explicate them allegorically or figuratively. Although prohibit many foods Jews, as pork became a more part of diet, prohibition against swine’s flesh central debate. will assert only consumption proclaims correct messianic theology, but also Lord, like good physician, ordained special diet for because they—and Christians—have corrupt bodily nature is subject deleterious influences from incline gluttony wantonness. Therefore, when Jew converted Christianity, sign his transfer one community another, well physical, intellectual, moral transformation.
Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations