A Mirror of the Jewish Religion: a Critical Edition and Translation of Christian Petter l?e's Speculum Religionis Judaic?(1732)

In 1732, Christian Petter L?e, a Jewish convert to Lutheranism, published his Speculum Religionis Judaic?(Mirror of the Jewish Religion), a description of the Jewish religion and ceremonies as practised at the time. Over 50 years before Jews were permitted to settle in Sweden in 1782, the genre of Christian ethnographical writing about Jews and Jewish rituals had arrived in Sweden from Germany. In this volume, Jonathan Adams (University of Gothenburg) introduces the background to L?e's "mirror" by looking at both the earlier history of Jews in Sweden and the phenomenon of ethnographical writing about Jews. The text of Speculum is presented in its original Swedish with a translation into English facing on the opposite pages. This edition includes notes explaining technical terms, identifying people and places, and translating Hebrew words and phrases. The volume also includes two works published in Sweden prior to Speculum: Bezelius' Die Herrlichkeit des Christenthums (The Glory of Christianity [excerpts], 1684) and Seeligmann's J?ischer Ceremonien (On Jewish Ceremonies, 1725). The volume should be of interest to students and researchers of Jewish and Scandinavian history as well as the history of Jewish-Christian relations.

Author: Jonathan Adams

Publisher: De Gruyter

Publication Date: Jan 29, 2024

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 3110998416

ISBN-13: 9783110998412