Frank E. Manuel "The Broken Staff: Judaism through Christian Eyes."
This work by a distinguished intellectual historian of early modernity charts the developing image of Judaism held in various Christian circles from the 13th century to the present... [It] is a treasure of information and is full of deeply perceptive insights.
Manuel shows that the story of Europe's discovery of Judaism was as rich, as complex, and sometimes as paradoxical as the better-known story of the discovery of ancient Greece and Rome...Manuel tells his complicated story with clarity and panache...The Christian enterprise of understanding Judaism has been, and probably will remain, a torment as well as a stimulus to both parties.
ISBN-10: ‎ 0674083709.
Harvard University Press, 1992,
New Book. Very minor shelf wear. A couple of tiny tears on top of DJ.