Jewish-Christian Relations in Eighteenth-Century Germany: Textual Studies on German Archival Holdings, 1729-1742

By David Dowdey

For centuries, the Jewish population of Europe has been subjected to dehumanization. Studies of European history, culture, and religion often assume that anti-Semitism is a specifically Christian phenomenon. This study sketches the historical background of anti-Semitism and extensively examines publications of the Institutum Judaicum in Halle as well as other pertinent archival materials, endeavouring to delineate some of the key people - particularly Johann Heinrich Callenberg - and how they contributed to rehumanizing the Jews.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077345912X
• ISBN13: 9780773459120
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Length: 140 Pages