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Christian Conceptions of Jewish Books - The Pfefferkorn Affair (Paperback)
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Christian Conceptions of Jewish Books - The Pfefferkorn Affair (Paperback)
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This book explores the conflicting perceptions that Christians held
of the meaning and significance of Jewish books at the beginning of
the 16th century - a time when, following their general expulsion
from many countries and territories, there were fewer Jews in
western and central Europe than in the previous thousand years. The
book tells the story of the so-called Pfefferkorn affair: a
tenacious campaign led by the German Johann Pfefferkorn -
previously a Jew and converted to Christianity - to confiscate and
burn all Jewish post-biblical literature in the Holy Roman Empire
in the years 15091510. The author follows the fate of the
confiscated books and their examination by a commission of experts,
exploring how Christians perceived Jewish scholarship and knowledge
and the consequences of those perceptions.
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