The preservation of Jewish religious books in sixteenth-century Germany [electronic resource] : Johannes Reuchlin's Augenspiegel / edited and translated by Daniel O'Callaghan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Callaghan, Daniel.

Series:

Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions 163/2.

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 163

Texts & sources ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish literature--Censorship.

Jewish literature.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Books--Germany--History--16th century.

Books.

Reuchlin, Johann, 1455-1522. Augenspiegel.

Reuchlin, Johann.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first complete and thoroughly commented English translation of Johannes Reuchlin’s Augenspiegel (1511). The translation sheds light on the author’s motive in appealing to the authorities for the preservation of Jewish books at a stage of great cultural change in Early Modern Europe. It also addresses the question of how the church and state dealt intellectually with Judaism at a time when it was considered a threat to the existence of Christianity. The translation of one of the most politically controversial sixteenth century pamphlets provides a view of the treatment of a minority’s culture with perhaps lessons for today’s world.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Daniel O’Callaghan

Introduction / Daniel O’Callaghan

Johannes Reuchlin—Historical Perspective / Daniel O’Callaghan

Reuchlin and His Study of the Law / Daniel O’Callaghan

Reuchlin—A Search for Salvation / Daniel O’Callaghan

The Reuchlin ‘Affair’ Unfolds / Daniel O’Callaghan

The Reuchlin ‘Affair’ Goes Public / Daniel O’Callaghan

Reuchlin—The Cabbalist / Daniel O’Callaghan

Reuchlin—An Intellectual of His Time / Daniel O’Callaghan

The Reuchlin ‘Affair’—A Debate without End / Daniel O’Callaghan

Note on the Translated Text / Daniel O’Callaghan

Doctor Johannes Reuchlin’s Augenspiegel—Translation and Annotations / Daniel O’Callaghan

Bibliography / Daniel O’Callaghan

Index / Daniel O’Callaghan

Appendix I. Scriptural References / Daniel O’Callaghan

Appendix II. Patristic Sources / Daniel O’Callaghan

Appendix III. Classical Sources / Daniel O’Callaghan

Appendix IV. Medieval Learning and Polemics / Daniel O’Callaghan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.[199]-219) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-85490-2

90-04-24187-6

OCLC:

821180678

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004241879 DOI