The Preservation of Jewish Religious Books in Sixteenth-Century Germany: Johannes Reuchlin's Augenspiegel |
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| Author:
| O'Callaghan, Daniel |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-24187-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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Johannes Reuchlin's Augenspiegel (1511) was a radical political publication aimed to preserve Jewish books from destruction and the consequent loss of irreplaceable knowledge. This first complete and extensively annotated translation provides an insight into the authorities' attitude to Judaism in Early Modern Germany.
Johannes Reuchlin's Augenspiegel (1511) was a radical political publication aimed to preserve Jewish books from destruction and the consequent loss of irreplaceable knowledge. This first complete and extensively annotated translation provides an insight into the authorities' attitude to Judaism in Early Modern Germany.