Description
Shows how the writings of the converted Jew Johannes Pfefferkorn (1469-after 1521) reflect the negative popular image of the Jews in the late Middle Ages, presenting them as enemies of humanity, usurers, demons, and heretics. Pfefferkorn's arguments are based on falsification of Jewish religious customs and quotations from the Talmud. Describes his efforts to convert Jews and his controversy with the humanist Reuchlin about Jewish studies. Followed by a complete list of Pfefferkorn's works and the full text of one of them, "Der Juden Spiegel".
