Jewish martyrdom without persecution: the murder of Gumpert May, Frankfurt am Main, 1781

Sometime in the afternoon of Wednesday, August 22, 1781, in one of the narrow houses along the Jewish lane (Judengasse) in Frankfurt am Main, Gumpert (Gumperz, in Hebrew sources, Gumpel) Aaron May (Mai) prepared himself to go out to attend to some business matters. Like many of his contemporaries in...

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Subtitles:Research Article
Authors: Fram, Edward A. (Author) ; Kasper-Marienberg, Verena (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2015]
In: AJS review
Year: 2015, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 267-301
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Judaism / Murder / Martyrdom / Religious persecution
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)