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“Such an Illumination Cannot Occur”: Anthonius Margaritha, the Reformation, and the Polemic against the Jews

“Such an Illumination Cannot Occur”: Anthonius Margaritha, the Reformation, and the Polemic... “Such an Illumination Cannot Occur”: Anthonius Margaritha, the Reformation, and the Polemic against the Jews By Daniel Lehmann “THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY AND TEACH” On16March1530,abookthatwouldsoonhaveaprofoundimpactonChris- tian-Jewish relations was printed in Augsburg. Der gantz Jüdisch glaub (The Entire Jewish Faith) was, according to its title page, the work of a local teacher of Hebrew, Anthonius Margaritha; in a matter of weeks, some of the most influential figures in the Holy Roman Empire would be familiar with his name. In June – after the book had been printed for a second time – Margar- ithawassummoned,atthebehestofEmperorCharlesV,todefendhiswriting in a public debate. The following year, the book was printed twice more, in AugsburgandinLeipzig,andthroughtheendofthesixteenthcentury,another threeor four times,in Cologne andin Frankfurtam Main. 1. In addition to the four 1530 and 1531 printings (Das Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16.Jahrhunderts, http://www.vd16.de, (accessed 9 March 2020), VD16 M 972–975), Der gantz Jüdisch glaub (hereafter in notes: DGJG) was again printed in 1540, 1544, and 1561 (VD16 M 976–978). An eighth sixteenth-cen- tury printing of the book, from 1556, is cited in The National Union Catalog: Pre-1956 Im- prints vol.361 (London: Mansell, 1974), 413, however, it does not appear in the VD16 project,andanumberofscholarshavesurmisedorconcludedthatthereferenceismistaken: see Peter http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte - Archive for Reformation History de Gruyter

“Such an Illumination Cannot Occur”: Anthonius Margaritha, the Reformation, and the Polemic against the Jews

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“Such an Illumination Cannot Occur”: Anthonius Margaritha, the Reformation, and the Polemic against the Jews By Daniel Lehmann “THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY AND TEACH” On16March1530,abookthatwouldsoonhaveaprofoundimpactonChris- tian-Jewish relations was printed in Augsburg. Der gantz Jüdisch glaub (The Entire Jewish Faith) was, according to its title page, the work of a local teacher of Hebrew, Anthonius Margaritha; in a matter of weeks, some of the most influential figures in the Holy Roman Empire would be familiar with his name. In June – after the book had been printed for a second time – Margar- ithawassummoned,atthebehestofEmperorCharlesV,todefendhiswriting in a public debate. The following year, the book was printed twice more, in AugsburgandinLeipzig,andthroughtheendofthesixteenthcentury,another threeor four times,in Cologne andin Frankfurtam Main. 1. In addition to the four 1530 and 1531 printings (Das Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16.Jahrhunderts, http://www.vd16.de, (accessed 9 March 2020), VD16 M 972–975), Der gantz Jüdisch glaub (hereafter in notes: DGJG) was again printed in 1540, 1544, and 1561 (VD16 M 976–978). An eighth sixteenth-cen- tury printing of the book, from 1556, is cited in The National Union Catalog: Pre-1956 Im- prints vol.361 (London: Mansell, 1974), 413, however, it does not appear in the VD16 project,andanumberofscholarshavesurmisedorconcludedthatthereferenceismistaken: see Peter

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