The Apocalypse in Reformation Nuremberg
Jews and Turks in Andreas Osiander’s World
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2022
The University of Michigan Press (Verlag)
978-0-472-13320-8 (ISBN)
The University of Michigan Press (Verlag)
978-0-472-13320-8 (ISBN)
Illuminates the impact of Jews and Turks on the life and work of influential reformer Andreas Osiander
Lutheran preacher and theologian Andreas Osiander (1498–1552) played a critical role in spreading the Lutheran Reformation in sixteenth-century Nuremberg. Besides being the most influential ecclesiastical leader in a prominent German city, Osiander was also a well-known scholar of Hebrew. He composed what is considered to be the first printed treatise by a Christian defending Jews against blood libel. Despite Osiander’s importance, however, he remains surprisingly understudied. The Apocalypse in Reformation Nuremberg: Jews and Turks in Andreas Osiander’s World is the first book in any language to concentrate on his attitudes toward both Jews and Turks, and it does so within the dynamic interplay between his apocalyptic thought and lived reality in shaping Lutheran identity. Likewise, it presents the first published English translation of Osiander’s famous treatise on blood libel. Osiander’s writings on Jews and Turks that shaped Lutherans’ identity from cradle to grave in Nuremberg also provide a valuable mirror to reflect on the historical antecedents to modern antisemitism and Islamophobia and thus elucidate how the related stereotypes and prejudices are both perpetuated and overcome.
Lutheran preacher and theologian Andreas Osiander (1498–1552) played a critical role in spreading the Lutheran Reformation in sixteenth-century Nuremberg. Besides being the most influential ecclesiastical leader in a prominent German city, Osiander was also a well-known scholar of Hebrew. He composed what is considered to be the first printed treatise by a Christian defending Jews against blood libel. Despite Osiander’s importance, however, he remains surprisingly understudied. The Apocalypse in Reformation Nuremberg: Jews and Turks in Andreas Osiander’s World is the first book in any language to concentrate on his attitudes toward both Jews and Turks, and it does so within the dynamic interplay between his apocalyptic thought and lived reality in shaping Lutheran identity. Likewise, it presents the first published English translation of Osiander’s famous treatise on blood libel. Osiander’s writings on Jews and Turks that shaped Lutherans’ identity from cradle to grave in Nuremberg also provide a valuable mirror to reflect on the historical antecedents to modern antisemitism and Islamophobia and thus elucidate how the related stereotypes and prejudices are both perpetuated and overcome.
Andrew L. Thomas is Associate Professor of History at Salem College.
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Chronology
Introduction
Chapter One. Kabbalistic Encounters: Osiander as a Christian Hebraist
Chapter Two. Jewish Mirrors I: Osiander and Lutheran Identity
Chapter Three. Jewish Mirrors II: Osiander and Lutheran Resistance
Chapter Four. Turkish Mirrors I: Osiander and Imperial Dreams
Chapter Five. Turkish Mirrors II: Osiander and Lutheran Reform
Chapter Six. Blood Libel: Osiander’s Defense of Jewish Toleration in Context
Conclusion
Appendix: English Translation of Andreas Osiander’s Blood Libel Treatise
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.09.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 8 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Ann Arbor |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-472-13320-9 / 0472133209 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-472-13320-8 / 9780472133208 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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