The Judengasse in Frankfurt (eBook)

Catalog of the permanent exhibition of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt

Raphael Gross, Fritz Backhaus, Sabine Kößling, Mirjam Wenzel (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
232 Seiten
Verlag C.H.Beck
978-3-406-69109-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The Judengasse in Frankfurt, which was established in 1462, was the first ghetto in Europe and one of the most important centers of European Jewry until it was dissolved in 1796. This book accompanies the new permanent exhibition in the Judengasse Museum. It presents Jewish history and culture from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century. Featuring paintings, ritual objects, books and documents - and examining these in conjunction with archeological finds - it paints a rich portrait of everyday life in the Judengasse.

Fritz Backhaus is deputy director of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt. Professor Raphael Gross is director of the Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture and holder of the chair for Jewish history and culture at Leipzig University. From 2006 to 2015 he was director of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt. Sabine Kößling is curator for history at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt and project manager of the new permanent exhibition. Dr. Mirjam Wenzel is director of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Title 3
The Book 233
The Editors 233
Copyright 4
Contents 5
Foreword 7
Introduction 9
The Judengasse in Frankfurt 15
The Judengasse Museum – a place of memory 41
Catalog 63
Judengasse 64
Jews and Christians 65
Images in the Judengasse 79
Professions 97
Court Jews – the upper class in the Judengasse 117
The trade in used clothing 125
School and lessons 129
Learning – rabbis and students 135
Jewish literature – a history in fragments 143
A life devoted to the community 169
The cemetery 179
The emperor, the city council and the Jews 197
Steinernes Haus 206
Warmes Bad 210
Sperber 214
Roter Widder 218
Weißer Widder 222
Selected bibliography 227
Authors 230
Lenders, Illustration credits 231
Contributors to the exhibition 232

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.8.2016
• Übersetzer: Adam Blauhut, Michael Foster
• Verlagsort: München
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Europa
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• ISBN-10: 3-406-69109-9 / 3406691099
• ISBN-13: 978-3-406-69109-6 / 9783406691096