For medieval Latin Christendom, texts such as the Bible and the writings of the Fathers of the Church gave form to Christian perceptions of Jews and Judaism. Eye-witness testimony, hearsay, reports of converts from Judaism, and the testimony of dreams, visions, and miraculous ev…
For medieval Latin Christendom, texts such as the Bible and the writings of the Fathers of the Church gave form to Christian perceptions of Jews and Judaism. Eye-witness testimony, hearsay, reports of converts from Judaism, and the testimony of dreams, visions, and miraculous ev…
Menasseh ben Israel (1604-1657) war einer der bekanntesten Rabbiner des frühneuzeitlichen Europa. Berühmtheit erlangte er vor allem durch die Verhandlungen, die er mit Oliver Cromwell über die Rückkehr der Juden nach England führte. Doch die Englandverhandlungen machten nur den …