entdecktes judenthum zweyen theilen verfasset von eisenmenger johann andreae (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Second edition. Quarto. [20], 1016 [= 998; mispaginated but complete: page count jumps from 960 to 969, and from 984 to 995]; 1111, [1, blank]pp. Lacks final errata leaves in both parts, along with the half-title to part 2 and the table of chapters which follows. Woodcut headpieces at opening of each part, a few decorative initials, printed marginalia; text in German with (often long) quotations in Hebrew throughout. Contemporary vellum (moderately soiled), manuscript title at spine. Very occasional ink stains or smudges (largely confined to the margins); text overall fine and crisp throughout with variable light toning. A very good, amply-margined copy. Second edition of the most important anti-Semitic work of the early modern era whose sinister significance must be ranked with the Protocols and the Elders of Zion and Adolf Hitler's, Mein Kampf. A massively documented work, Entdecktes Judenthum (Judaism Unmasked) was a "formative influence on modern anti-Semitic polemics" (Enc. Jud.). First published at Frankfurt in 1700, it aroused tremendous indignation among the Jews of that city who feared that such a work published in German (rather than Latin) would further inflame anti-Jewish sentiment in the wake of recent anti-Jewish riots in Franconia and Bamberg. Through the mediation of the Jewish court financiers Samuel Oppenheimer and his nephew, Samson Werheimer, the Frankfurt Jews were able to convince emperor Leopold I to ban the distribution of the work, already printed in 2500 copies. "Eisenmenger's heirs applied to the king [Friedrich Wilhelm I, of Prussia]; and the latter tried to induce the emperor to repeal the injunction against the book, but did not succeed. He therefore ordered a new edition of 3,000 copies to be printed in Berlin at his expense, but as there was an imperial prohibition against printing the book in the German empire, the title page gave as the place of publication Königsberg, which was beyond the boundaries of the empire. Almost forty years later the original edition was released" (JE). "The son of an official in the service of the Elector of the Palatinate, Eisenmenger [1654-1704] received a good education, and distinguishing himself at the Collegium Sapientiae at Heidelberg by his zeal for Hebrew studies, he was sent by the elector to England and Holland to continue them there. For nineteen years he studied rabbinical literature assisted by Jews, first in Heidelberg and afterward in Frankfort-on-the-Main, pretending that he desired to be converted to Judaism" (JE). He was appointed lecturer at Heidelberg University where he later edited with the Dutch orientalist, Johannes Leusden, an unvocalized edition of the Hebrew Scriptures. "Eisenmenger proceeded to amass quotations from the Talmud and other Hebrew sources revealing to all how the Jewish religion was barbarous, superstitious, and even murderous. All this was done in an apparently scholarly and reasonable way that belied the author's evident preoccupation (like Luther) with tales of Jewish ritual murder of Christian children and poisoning of wells. While piously insisting that the Jews must not be converted by cruel methods, Eisenmenger blithely recommended abolishing their present 'freedom in trade,' which was making them 'lords' over the Germans. He demanded too an immediate ban on their synagogues, public worship, and communal leaders and rabbis" (Rose). The list of sources which appears at the beginning of the first part includes 182 Hebrew works, thirteen in Yiddish, and eight written by Jews who had converted to Christianity. Extracts, often quite long, appear in the original languages, followed by a German translation. "The translations are erroneous in places, and often intentionally distorted" (Enc. Jud.). Eisenmenger's motivation for writing Judaism Unmasked is not entirely certain. "During a visit to Amsterdam in 1680-81 he was shocked when three Christian adopted Judaism, and also by the criticism of Christianity expressed by David Lyda, rabbi of the Ashkenazi community" (Enc. Jud.). While these early experiences may have prompted Eisenmenger to pursue his deep investigations of rabbinic literature, it is important to note that he was willing, for a price, to forego publication: "The Jews had offered Eisenmenger the sum of 12,000 florins ($5,000), if he would suppress his work; but he demanded 30,000 florins, and the transactions led to no result" (JE). An abridged English version lacking the original Hebrew source quotations was first published at London in 1732-34 (reprinted in 1742) under the title The Traditions of the Jews or, the Doctrines and Expositions Contain'd in the Talmud and Other Rabbinical Writings; the work was again published at London in 1748 under the title Rabinical [sic] Literature or, The Traditions of the Jews, Contained in their Talmud and other Mystical Writings. These editions contained a preface by the Anglican chuchman John Peter Stehelin, along with an abridged translation from the Latin of Johann Buxtorf's work on contemporary Jewish customs, Synagoga Judaica (The Jewish Synagogue). Provenance and annotations: Entry of Oscar Edelmann, Schlottau at title, along with an early manuscript entry. Full title and imprint: Entdecktes Judenthum, Oder Gründlicher und Wahrhaffter Bericht, Welchergestalt Die verstockte Juden die Hochheilige Drey-Einigkeit Gott Vater, Sohn und Heil. Geist, erschrecklicher Weise lästern und verunehren, die Heil. Mutter Christi verschmähen, das Neue Testament, die Evangelisten und Aposteln, die Christliche Religion spöttisch durchziehen, und die gantze Christenheit auff das äusserste verachten und verfluchen. In Zweyen Theilen verfasset. References: M. Bircher, Barock 1600-1720 12816/12817; Enc. Judaica (1st ed.), 6:545-546; Jewish Enc., 5:80-82; P. L. Rose, Revolutionary Antisemitism in Germany (Princeton Univ. Press, 1990), p.8f.; VD18 90428293 (part 1); VD18 90428307 (part 2).

Band 1 (von 2). 9 (von 10) Bl., 1016 (recte 999) S., 1 Bl. (Errata). Der Professor für hebräische Sprache an der Universität Heidelberg Johann Andreas Eisenmenger (1654-1704) gilt als Begründer des neuzeitlichen Antisemitismus. Unter dem Vorwand, in 19-jährger Arbeit ein Quellenwerk zum Judentum zu erstellen, vereinigt er aber tatsächlich eine Vielzahl von antijudaistischen Stereotypen, die bereits im Mittelalter verwurzelt waren. Zwar kann man dem Autor eine große Gelehrsamkeit - er sprach Hebräisch, Aramäisch, Arabisch und kannte die gesamte rabbinische Literatur - doch traf er eine einseitige Auswahl an jüdischen Quellen, nahm tendenziöse Deutungen vor und übersetzte die zahlreichen Zitate teilweise falsch. Der vorliegenden Ausgabe verlieh man den außerhalb des Reichsgebiet liegenden preußischen Druckort Königsberg, sie erschien aber tatsächlich in Berlin (eine erste Ausgabe erschien 1700 in Frankfurt, die erste offizielle Ausgabe im Reichsgebiet 1751). Während der gesamten Neuzeit bedienten sich die antisemitische Propaganda Eisenmengers Arsenal an antijüdischen Vorurteilen. - Einband berieben und fleckig, innen teils gebräunt, es fehlt 1 Blatt des Registers über die Capitel, Paginierung von 960 auf 969 und von 984 auf 995 springend, aber komplett Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000 4°, Pergament der Zeit mit handschriftlichem Rückentitel.