Eliezer ben Nathan
Eliezer ben Nathan
Eliezer ben Nathan
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<strong>Eliezer</strong>’s description of the effect of the First Crusade on Jews is extremely emotional. He wrote about his enormous<br />
feeling of sadness that God allowed so many Jews to be killed. Toward the Christian crusaders he expresses great<br />
hate, describing them as arrogant (excessively proud) enemies and oppressors whose anger and violence caused<br />
great harm to <strong>Eliezer</strong>’s people. It was difficult for <strong>Eliezer</strong> to understand why God could have allowed such an<br />
enormous tragedy to happen to the Jewish people, not all of whom could have done things so horrible as to deserve<br />
death.<br />
Stop Here and Discuss<br />
• What was <strong>Eliezer</strong> sad about?<br />
• How did he feel about the crusaders?<br />
• What did he have a hard time understanding?<br />
© Teachers’ Curriculum Institute From the Crusades to New Muslim Empires
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