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Title: Barcelona and Beyond: The Disputation of 1263 and Its Aftermath by Robert Chazan ISBN: 0-520-07441-6 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: June, 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Brillient
Comment: Alexis has cheek saying the Rabbi actual whent and exagerated the acount, he must allso be quite foolish, as if any Jew however talented would have gone and written a report of an event presented by the King in a nonfactual manner, this is classic ingnorence of how the times were.

He would obviously have been killed, in fact he had to run for his life even as the christion acounts claim because of his intelligance.

While for believer there are no questions, for non-believers there are no answers, dur to a prior conviction a person will not excep the content of this book,

Woe to him

Rating: 3
Summary: On Barcelona and Beyond
Comment: On "Barcelona and Beyond," Robert Chazan attempts to rebuild the Disputation of 1263 by comparing the Hebrew and Latin accounts of the event as well the events that followed the disputation. An important aspect of this book is that the author introduces some of the opinions of the Barcelona disputation by historians such as Y. Baer and Martin A. Cohen. Chazan's analysis is an attempt to avoid the partisan views of historians that tend to brand one account while supporting the other. Unfortunately, Chazan seems to go against this goal by focusinf his analysis mainly on the Hebrew text composed by Nahamanides (Rabbi Moses ben Nahman) about two years following the disputation. On the hand, Chazan provides an interesting background of life in the kingdom of Aragon during those days, as well as information about the main participants of the disputation: King James the Conqueror, Paul Christian (Friar and converted Jew), and Rabbi Moses ben Nahman of Gerona. Chazan gives little credit to the account provided by Nahamanides by pointing that the account is not only an exaggeration, but the product of a talented writter. The author also provides interesting information as a result of comparing both accounts, which he does not provide to the reader, except for certain pieces that he uses in his analysis. This book is useful for those familiar with both accounts in their desire to understand the events that took place in 1263.

Rating: 3
Summary: About Barcelona and Beyond
Comment: In "Barcelon and Beyond," Robert Chazan attepmts to rebuild the Disputation of 1263 by comparing the Hebrew and Latin accounts as well as the events that took place after 1263. An important aspect of this book is that Chazan presents the reader with some some of the opinions about the disputation by Y. Baer and Martin A.Cohen. Chazan also provides a background of what life was like in Aragon during the time of the disputation as well as information on the main participants: King James the Conqueror, Friar Paul Christian, and Rabbi Moses ben Nahmanides. Unfortunately, Chazan's attepmt on avoiding the partisan views of other historians such as Baer seems to contradict the fact that he focuses mostly on analysing the Hebrew text composed by Nahamanides (Rabbi Moses ben Nahman) around 1265. Chazan gives little credit to Nahamanides by presenting the Hebrew text as a product of a great writter. On the other hand, Chazan provides interesting conclusions when comparing both accounts. The book provides an interesting analysis of the Disputation of 1263, but like Baer and Cohen, Chazan seems to be influenced by partisant views. This book is useful for those familiar with the Latin and Hebrew texts, which the author does not provide.