A mirror of the Jewish religion : a critical edition and translation of Christian Petter L̲we's "Speculum Religionis Judaicæ" (1732) / edited by Jonathan Adams.

Author/creator Löwe, Christian Petter author.
Format Book
PublicationBerlin : De Gruyter, [2024]
Copyright Date©2024
Descriptionx, 333 pages : 2 illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Other author/creatorAdams, Jonathan, 1971 December 19- editor.
Included WorkContainer of (expression): Löwe, Christian Petter. Speculum Religionis Judaicae. Swedish.
Included WorkContainer of (expression): Löwe, Christian Petter. Speculum Religionis Judaicae. English (Adams)
Included WorkContainer of (expression): Bezelius, Christophorus, -1689. Herrlichkeit des Christenthums. Selections. German (Adams)
Included WorkContainer of (expression): Bezelius, Christophorus, -1689. Herrlichkeit des Christenthums. Selections. English (Adams)
Included WorkContainer of (expression): Seeligmann, Christian Gottlieb. Jüdischer Ceremonien. German (Adams)
Included WorkContainer of (expression): Seeligmann, Christian Gottlieb. Jüdischer Ceremonien. English (Adams)
SeriesReligious minorities in the North
Religious minorities in the North ; Bd. 6. ^A1454300
Abstract "In 1732, Christian Petter L̲we, a Jewish convert to Lutheranism, published his Speculum Religionis Judaicæ (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 L̲we'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." -- Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and indexes.
LanguageOriginal text in Swedish with parallel English translation on facing pages (pages 58-213); critical matter in English.
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