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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together important research on: the reception and representation of Jews and Judaism in late medieval German thought, the works of major Reformation-era theologians, scholars, and movements, and in popular literature and the visual arts; it also explores social, intellectual, and cultural developments within Judaism and Jewish responses to the Reformation in sixteenth-century Germany.
Trade ReviewThe press about the hardback edition: "[...] [T]he essays are [...] of high quality. [...] [T]he useful surveys and the new insights in this book will help to ensure that sixteenth-century German Jews are part of the story of early modern Jewish society and culture." Adam Shear, Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Summer 2008), pp. 187-190 'The book presents the familiar and much-studied topic of the Reformation in sixteenth-century Germany in a new way, by interweaving Jews into the narratives of the various 'Reformations'. [...] It will be a standard work for anyone engaged in these fields for many decades to come." Magda Teter, H-HRE, H-Net Reviews, April, 2008 “The volume encapsulates the field’s current state, bringing much material into English for the first time. […] [T]his volume [is] desirable for libraries.” Susan R. Boettcher, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Summer 2007), pp. 615-616 "It is a collaborative effort under the valiant leadership of two outstanding Reformation historians who have indeed assembled an impressive cohort of scholars as contributors to this vast enterprise. [...] [F]irst-rate scholarship." Albrecht Classen, Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Winter 2007), pp. 1094-1095
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ... vii Acknowledgements ... viii Abbreviations and Shortened Titles ... ix Contributors ... xv Introduction ... xxi Dean Phillip Bell and Stephen G. Burnett PART I: ROAD TO REFORMATION Humanists, Jews, and Judaism ... 3 Erika Rummel German Theologians and the Jews in the Fifteenth Century ... 33 Christopher Ocker PART II: REFORMERS AND THE JEWS Luther and the Jews ... 69 Thomas Kaufmann Philip Melanchthon and the Jews: A Reappraisal ... 105 Timothy J. Wengert Bucer, the Jews, and Judaism ... 137 R. Gerald Hobbs Ulrich Zwingli, the Jews, and Judaism ... 171 Hans-Martin Kirn Calvin, the Jews, and Judaism ... 197 Achim Detmers Andreas Osiander, the Jews, and Judaism ... 219 Joy Kammerling The Catholic Reform, Jews, and Judaism in Sixteenth-Century Germany ... 249 Robert Bireley The Intensification of Religious Commitment: Jews, Anabaptists, Radical Reform, and Confessionalization ... 269 Michael Driedger PART III: REPRESENTATIONS OF JEWS AND JUDAISM Anthonius Margaritha on the “Whole Jewish Faith:” A Sixteenth-Century Convert from Judaism and his Depiction of the Jewish Religion ... 303 Maria Diemling Von der Juden Ceremonien: Representations of Jews in Sixteenth-Century Germany ... 335 Yaacov Deutsch Visual Representations of Jews and Judaism in Sixteenth-Century Germany ... 357 Petra Schöner The Representation of Jews and Judaism in Sixteenth-Century German Literature ... 393 Edith Wenzel PART IV: JEWS, JUDAISM, AND JEWISH RESPONSES TO THE REFORMATION Jewish Settlement, Politics, and the Reformation ... 421 Dean Phillip Bell Jewish Responses to Christianity in Reformation Germany ... 451 Elisheva Carlebach Jewish Law and Ritual in Early Modern Germany ... 481 Jay Berkovitz German Jewish Printing in the Reformation Era (1530–1633) ... 503 Stephen G. Burnett Select Bibliography ... 529 Index of Subjects ... 547 Index of Persons ... 563 Index of Biblical Passages Cited ... 572
