This is the first translation into modern English of one of the most interesting and important works of fourteenth-century literature.
The Siege of Jerusalem tells the story of the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, an event viewed by its author as divine retribution against Jews for the killing of Christ. This is the first volume to offer a full modern English translation. In addition, appendices provide extensive samples of the alliterative original, a wide-ranging compendium of materials documenting anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages, comparative biblical passages and much else.
