Judíos e identidades locales en el mundo visigodo
; Castro, Dolores 
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04/2024
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Taylor & Francis
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Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies
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1754-6559
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Una y otra vez los concilios visigodos manifestaron la preocupación de las elites religiosas y políticas por la supuesta continuidad de poblaciones judías (o con pasado judío) dentro del reino de Toledo. La ´peste´, el ´error´ y la ´secta´ parecían amenazar con su blasfemia e infidelidad cada rincón, cada comunidad, de la Hispania cristiana del siglo VII. Sin embargo, ni las actas conciliares ni las fuentes teológicas del período reconocían a este colectivo una adscripción geográfica específica. El judío estaba –y tenía que estar– en todas partes, pero no estaba en ninguna. ¿Qué papel desempeñaba el elemento geográfico y espacial en la definición de una identidad judía desde la perspectiva cristiana? ¿Qué rol tenía lo judío en la identidad local? ¿Por qué, más allá de tópicos y epítetos tradicionales, la mayor parte de las fuentes del período no hablan de un judío situado? A partir de estos interrogantes, este trabajo se propone revisitar la documentación escrita y arqueológica del siglo VII, con el fin de analizar la presencia, la ausencia –¿o la privación?– de una geografía para los judíos y observar en qué contextos y circunstancias específicas este elemento toma relevancia. Proponemos, por lo tanto, pensar lo judío como parte constitutiva de las identidades locales y no como una anomalía.
Visigothic councils repeatedly raised the concern of the religious and political elites about the alleged continuity of Jewish populations (or those with a Jewish past) within the kingdom of Toledo. The ‘plague’, the ‘error’, and the ‘sect’ seemed to threaten with their blasphemy and infidelity every corner, every community, of 7th century Christian Hispania. However, neither the conciliar acts nor the theological literature of the period recognized a specific geographical location for this group. The Jew was – and had to be – everywhere, but was nowhere. What role did geography and space play in defining a Jewish identity from a Christian perspective? What part did Jewishness have in local identity? Why, beyond traditional topics and labels, do most sources of the period not speak of a situated Jew? Based on these questions, this paper aims to review the written and archaeological documentation of the 7th century, to analyze the presence, absence – or deprivation? – of geography for the Jews and to observe in which specific contexts and circumstances this issue becomes relevant. We, therefore, aim to understand Jewishness as a constituent part of local identities and not as an anomaly.
Visigothic councils repeatedly raised the concern of the religious and political elites about the alleged continuity of Jewish populations (or those with a Jewish past) within the kingdom of Toledo. The ‘plague’, the ‘error’, and the ‘sect’ seemed to threaten with their blasphemy and infidelity every corner, every community, of 7th century Christian Hispania. However, neither the conciliar acts nor the theological literature of the period recognized a specific geographical location for this group. The Jew was – and had to be – everywhere, but was nowhere. What role did geography and space play in defining a Jewish identity from a Christian perspective? What part did Jewishness have in local identity? Why, beyond traditional topics and labels, do most sources of the period not speak of a situated Jew? Based on these questions, this paper aims to review the written and archaeological documentation of the 7th century, to analyze the presence, absence – or deprivation? – of geography for the Jews and to observe in which specific contexts and circumstances this issue becomes relevant. We, therefore, aim to understand Jewishness as a constituent part of local identities and not as an anomaly.
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