Title Revealing the Secrets of the Jews

Published Berlin/Boston, GERMANY : De Gruyter, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (344) Summary "This book presents the most recent scholarship on the sixteenth-century convert Johannes Pfefferkorn and his context. Pfefferkorn is the most (in)famous of the converts from Judaism who wrote descriptions of Jewish ceremonial life and shaped both Christian ideas about Judaism and the course of anti-Jewish polemics in the early modern period. Rather than just rehearsing the better-known aspects of Pfefferkorn's life and the controversy with Johannes Reuchlin, this volume re-evaluates the motives behind his activities and writings as well as his role and success in the context of Dominican anti-Jewish polemics and Imperial German politics. Furthermore, it discusses other converts, who similarly "revealed the secrets of the Jews", and contains detailed studies of the campaigns against the Talmud and other Jewish books as well as the diffusion of Pfefferkorn's books and other anti-Jewish writings throughout early modern Europe. Revealing the Secrets of the Jews thus presents new perspectives on Jewish-Christian relations, the study of religion and Christian Hebraism, and the history of anthropology and ethnography"-- Provided by publisher "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"-- Provided by publisher Notes Print version record Subject Pfefferkorn, Johannes, 1469-1522 or 1523 -- Congresses SUBJECT Pfefferkorn, Johannes, 1469-1522 or 1523 fast Subject Christian converts from Judaism -- Congresses Jews -- Conversion to Christianity -- Congresses Apologetics -- Congresses Missions to Jews -- Congresses Judaism -- Controversial literature -- Congresses LITERARY CRITICISM -- Renaissance. HISTORY -- Modern -- General. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Jewish. RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues. RELIGION -- Christianity -- General. Apologetics Christian converts from Judaism Jews -- Conversion to Christianity Judaism Missions to Jews Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book ISBN 3110524341 9783110524345 9783110524352 311052435X

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