Jewish Suffering: The Interplay of Medieval Christian and Jewish Perspectives - Festschriften, Occasional Papers, and Lectures New edition

Jewish authors, such as Rabbi Mordechai ben Joseph of Avignon, asserted that Christian claims of divine favor were erroneous, and God's promise of redemption for Jews was still valid. These methods to resist Christian assertions of superiority and affirm the grandeur of Jewish experience were essential to Jewish life in the Middle Ages.