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The Jews' mirror / by Johannes Pfefferkorn ; translated by Ruth I. Cape ; historical introduction, Maria Diemling.
Van Pelt Library BV2620 .P4413 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pfefferkorn, Johannes, 1469-1522 or 1523.
- Series:
- Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series)
- Standardized Title:
- Judenspiegel. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Christian converts from Judaism.
- Jews--Conversion to Christianity.
- Jews.
- Apologetics.
- Missions to Jews.
- Judaism--Controversial literature.
- Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 114 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tempe : ACMRS (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies), 2011.
- Summary:
- A German Jew who converted to Catholicism, Pfefferkorn (1469-1522) published this, his first anti-Jewish pamphlet in 1507, and from then until 1521 he published more of them than anyone else in Germany. Ruth I. Cape (German, Austin College, Texas) presents the first English translation, on pages facing the original German. She explains that he asks Jews to convert, admonishes secular rulers and Christians in general for not putting more pressure on Jews to convert, and warns that the conversion of Jews signaled that the second coming was at hand. ACMRS is the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780866984386
- 0866984380
- OCLC:
- 747018916
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