RT Review
T1 Johannes Reuchlin and the Campaign to Destroy Jewish Books. By David H. Price
JF The journal of theological studies
VO 62
IS 2
SP 779
OP 783
A1 Rummel, Erika
LA English
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1783729589
AB Scholars of early modern Europe will welcome this nuanced and carefully researched account of the Reuchlin affair. David Price's thorough understanding of the political and intellectual currents of the time allows him to bring together the various factors determining the course of the campaign to destroy Hebrew books and the inquisition into Reuchlin's alleged Judaism. Conversely, Price uses Reuchlin's life and career as a prism to reflect the position of Jews in the German Empire., After briefly discussing the modern literature on Reuchlin (ch. 1), he begins his enquiry by examining the role humanism played in shaping Reuchlin's interests and the skills he developed to pursue them (ch. 2).
K1 Rezension
DO 10.1093/jts/flr098