In and out of the Ghetto: Jewish-Gentile Relations in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany

Publications of the German Historical Institute

by Hartmut Lehmann (Editor)

This is the first comprehensive account of Jewish-Gentile relations in central Europe from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, with particular emphasis on cultural, economic, social, and political issues, and incorporating much new research. Individually, the essays probe the central questions of Jewish development within the territorial states, secular and clerical, and in both rural and urban environments. The authors grapple with such relevant issues as cultural identity, representation, toleration, and minority/majority relations.

Genres: Nonfiction

356 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 1995

Reviews

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some hits, some misses, as with any collection of this kind. Mostly interesting for its discussion of how the history of Jewish-Christian relations in Germany has been informed by the Holocaust, but offers few enough suggestions for how not to read back an inescapable teleology leading to that moment without giving the pre-modern history of such relations too optimistic a spin.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful collection of essays, though some are a bit too academic and dry for the lay reader. That said, this *should* be on the radar of anyone interested in studying German-Jewish history of the early modern era.