UID:
almafu_9959230194202883
Format:
1 online resource (473 p.)
Edition:
English ed.
ISBN:
1-281-40042-4
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9786611400422
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90-474-1080-7
Series Statement:
Studies in European Judaism, v. 12
Uniform Title:
Selections. 2006
Content:
Joseph of Rosheim, sixteenth-century leader of the Jews in the Holy Roman Empire, left historical writings that are presented here in a critical edition published now for the first time in English translation. The principal part of the book is devoted to a Hebrew manuscript--a chronicle--left by R. Joseph, in which he describes incidents from the history of his life and that of the Jews in his day and age. R. Joseph writes with extreme terseness, often in cryptic language, and therefore his chronicle appears here with prefaces, background information and a commentary. The prefaces provide important information about the blood libels and the expulsions, the debate concerning Solomon Molcho's messianic ideas, and the influence R. Joseph exerted at the court of Emperor Charles V. Particularly valuable for the study of Christian-Jewish relations in the Reformation period are two other documents printed here. The "Letter of Consolation," is a long epistle that R. Joseph wrote to the Jews of Hesse in 1541, advising them on how to cope with the harsh decrees enacted against them and discussing the attitudes of some leading Reformers towards the Jews. Also included in the book is his Letter to Strasbourg City Council of July 1543, which contains his response to Martin Luther's anti-Jewish tracts. This book can be considered a sequel to the critical edition (in Hebrew) of R. Joseph's large work, Sefer ha-Miknah, which Chava Fraenkel-Goldschmidt published in 1970. The Afterword discusses some of the most recent research into Joseph of Rosheim's activities and writings.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""TRANSLATOR�S NOTE""; ""ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES""; ""GENERAL INTRODUCTION""; ""R. Joseph of Rosheim�His Life""; ""R. Joseph�s Era""; ""The Legal Status of the Jews in Germany in the Sixteenth Century""; ""R. Joseph�s Defence of Jewish Interests in Governmental Circles""; ""R. Joseph�s Chronicle and Historiographical Approach""; ""R. Joseph�s Other Historical Writings""; ""INTRODUCTION TO SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF THE CHRONICLE [1] 5231 (1470/71) The Endingen Affair""
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""[2] 5236�5237 (1475�1477) The Burgundy War and the Incursion of the Swiss Army""""[3] 5263�5265 (1503�1505) The War of the Bavarian Succession""; ""[4,7,10] 5266�5267, 5275, 5282 (1505�1507, 1514/15, 1521/22) The Oberehnheim Affair""; ""[5] 5270 (1509/10) R. Joseph�s Office; the Brandenburg and Pfefferkorn Affairs""; ""The Brandenburg Affair""; ""The Pfefferkorn Affair""; ""[6] 5274 (1513/14) The Mittelbergheim Affair""; ""[7] 5275 (1514/15) The Threat of Expulsion from the Bishopric of Strasbourg and the Region of Andlau""
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""[8] 5279 (1518/19) The Expulsion from Regensburg and Dangolsheim""""[9] 5280 (1519/20) The New Emperor""; ""[10] 5282 (1521/22) The Diet of Nuremberg""; ""[11] 5285 (1524/25) The Peasants War""; ""[12] 5288 (1527/28) The Events in the Hagenau Region""; ""[13] 5289 (1528/29) The Pösing Martyrs""; ""[14] 5290 (1529/30) The Jews and the Turks""; ""[15] 5290 (1529/30) The Diet of Augsburg""; ""[16] 5291 (1530/31) The Brabant Affair""; ""[17] 5292 (1531/32) The Regensburg Diet of 1532 and the Solomon Molcho Affair""; ""[18] 5293 (1532/33) The Silesia Libel""
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""[ 28�29] 5306�5307 (1545�1547) The 1546 Diet and the Schmalkaldic War""""THE CHRONICLE""; ""THE LETTER OF CONSOLATION Historical Background""; ""R. Joseph and the “Letter of Consolation�""; ""The Letter of Consolation: Text""; ""The Letter of Consolation: Translation""; ""APPENDIX 1A The 1530 Economic Document""; ""An Abridged Translation of the 1530 Economic Document1""; ""APPENDIX 1B The 1536 Economic Document""; ""The 1536 Economic Document: Text""; ""An Abridged Translation of the 1536 Economic Document""; ""APPENDIX 2 Letter to the Strasbourg City Council, July 1543""
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""Text of the Letter of July 1543""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-04-15349-7
Language:
English
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