Representation of the Self and the Other
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In the eighteenth century, the Pietist Institutum Judaicum et Muhammedicum of Halle dispatched emissaries to Jewish communities throughout Europe to evangelize the Jews. To attract the Jews attention and establish a friendly rapport with them, these missionaries showcased both their own Christian piety and familiarity with Jewish religion and culture. The missionary reports concerning these encounters entail a secondary performative aspect. Indeed, the missionaries portrayed themselves and their Jewish interlocutors in a specific manner for their target readers: Christian supporters of the Institutum Judaicum. This article will analyze both levels of performativity and the inherent role of cultural translation in such interreligious interactions.
Author: Avi Siluk
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4411388396