23 mai 2023
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Andreas Lehnertz, « The Vanities of Friendship in Sephardi Ethical Writing (Online and in Person), 12 June 2023 », medievalJewishStudiesNow!, ID : 10.58079/ri34
Years after they left Spain, Sephardi Jews continued to write about friendship, subjugating this intimate relationship to moral instruction, praising the friendships which brought one closer to God and warning against false and dangerous friendships. Did they express a “Jewish” perspective on friendship? Did they perceive friendship as a challenge to Jewish life according to the Torah? And how did they rewrite the humanist and Catholic teachings they learned in Iberia? Exploring Sephardi mor...