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Revealing the secrets of the Jews : Johannes Pfefferkorn and Christian writings about Jewish life and literature in early modern Europe / edited by Jonathan Adams and Cordelia Heß.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pfefferkorn, Johannes, 1469-1522 or 1523--Congresses.
- Pfefferkorn, Johannes.
- Pfefferkorn, Johannes, 1469-1522 or 1523.
- Christian converts from Judaism--Congresses.
- Christian converts from Judaism.
- Jews--Conversion to Christianity--Congresses.
- Jews.
- Apologetics--Congresses.
- Apologetics.
- Missions to Jews--Congresses.
- Missions to Jews.
- Judaism--Controversial literature--Congresses.
- Judaism.
- Judaism--Controversial literature.
- Jews--Conversion to Christianity.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 325 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, [2017]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this volume, scholars of history, literature, art and theology re-evaluate the context and significance of polemical and ethnographic literature about Jews by Johannes Pfefferkorn and other converts. The volume presents new perspectives on the life and works of Pfefferkorn, the sixteenth-century debate about Jewish books, the sources for anti-Jewish writing, and the interconnection between early modern ethnography and anti-Jewish polemics. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Jewish Life and Books under Scrutiny: Ethnography, Polemics, and Converts / Jonathan Adams Adams, Jonathan, Cordelia Heβ Heβ, Cordelia 3
- I Life and campaigns
- 2 Johannes Pfefferkorn and Imperial Politics / David H. Price Price, David H. 27
- 3 In Search of the Historical Pfefferkorn: The Missionary to the Jews, 1507-1508 / Franz Posset Posset, Franz 43
- 4 Johannes Pfefferkorn and the Dual Form of the Confiscation Campaign / Avner Shamir Shamir, Avner 61
- II Books and dissemination
- 5 Pfefferkorn's Books or the Most Rational Man in the World / Jan-Hendryk de Boer Boer, Jan-Hendryk de 79
- 6 Synagoga Veritas? Johannes Pfefferkorn and his Synagogue Descriptions in the buchtlijn der iuden beicht / Naomi Feuchtwanger-Sarig Feuchtwanger-Sarig, Naomi 97
- 7 Jew-Hatred Sells? Anti-Jewish Print Production in the German Dialects / Cordelia Heβ Heβ, Cordelia 121
- 8 "Thus shall Christian people know to punish them": Translating Pfefferkom into Danish / Jonathan Adams Adams, Jonathan 135
- III Converts, ethnography, and polemics
- 9 Patronage, Representation, and Conversion: Victor von Carben (1423-1515) and his Social Networks / Maria Diemling Diemling, Maria 157
- 10 Luther's Chief Witness: Anthonius Margaritha's Der gantz Jüdisch glaub (1530/1531) / Stephen G. Burnett Burnett, Stephen G. 183
- 11 The Reception History of Ethnographic Literature about the Jews / Yaacov Deutsch Deutsch, Yaacov 201
- 12 From Convert to Convert: Two Opposed Trends in Late Medieval and Early Modern Anti-Jewish Polemic / Ryan W. Szpiech Szpiech, Ryan W. 219
- 13 Revealing the Absurdity of Jewish Hopes: From Polemical Ethnography to Basnage's L'Histoire des Juifs / Imanuel Clemens Schmidt Schmidt, Imanuel Clemens 245
- 14 Tela Ignea Satanae: Christian Scholars and the Editing of Hebrew Polemical Literature / Markéta Kaburková Kaburková, Markéta 261
- 15 Gratias post mensam in diebus festiuis cum cantico \cgpC\cgpL\cgpL\cgpD\cgpB\cgpM\cgpA: A New Look at an Early Sixteenth-Century Tzur Mishelo / Avery Gosfield Gosfield, Avery 275.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783110524345
- 3110524341
- Publisher Number:
- 99972782161
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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