The Case Against Johann Reuchlin: Religious and Social Controversy in Sixteenth-century Germany

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University of Toronto Press, 01.01.2002 - 174 Seiten

The case of Johann Reuchlin, one of the best-known controversies of the 16th century, has been interpreted in many ways: as a case of anti-Semitism, a controversy between humanists and scholastics, or a case foreshadowing the Reformation debate. The last interpretation was facilitated by Luther himself, who repeatedly linked his case with that of the biblical humanists Lefevre, Erasmus, and Reuchlin.

In this lively critical analysis, Erika Rummel describes how the second interpretation, which was promoted in the 19th century, was replaced after WWII by a new sensitivity toward the anti-Semitic elements of the affair. More recently, however, the favoured approach is a more nuanced interpretation, acknowledging that the controversy is informed by a combination of social and intellectual currents and reflects both anti-Semitism and academic strife. The section containing the analysis is followed by documents illustrating the case, some of them translated for the first time into English.

 

Inhalt

Pfefferkorn and the Battle against Judaism
3
Reuchlin and the Scholastic Theologians
14
Reuchlin and the Luther Affair
26
The Reuchlin Affair in Modern Historiography
36
Johann Pfefferkorn The Enemy of the Jews
53
Johann Pfefferkorn The Confession of the Jews
69
Johann Reuchlin Report about the Books of the Jews
86
Johann Reuchlin Defence against the Cologne Slanderers
98
Reports on the Confiscation of Jewish Books in Frankfurt
128
Two Reports by the Faculty of Theology at Cologne
132
Two Letters from Erasmus concerning the Reuchlin
141
Jacob Hoogstraten Information to the Reader 1519
152
Huttens Letters to Erasmus and Reuchlin 15201
158
Bibliography
165
Index
171
Urheberrecht

Letters of Obscure Men
109

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Erika Rummel is a professor emerita in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University and an adjunct professor at Emmanuel College, University of Toronto.

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