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OverviewIn 1489, a magnificent illustrated Passover Haggadah was sent as a bequest to the Monastery of Saint Quirinus at Tegernsee in southern Germany. Shortly afterwards, the monastery’s librarian sent the book to a Dominican friar named Erhard von Pappenheim, a Hebraist and expert on Jewish practice, and asked him to write a prologue. In response, Erhard wrote a remarkable treatise that is arguably the earliest quasi-ethnographic account of Jewish practice in early modern Europe and an extraordinary window onto a fifteenth-century Christian’s perception of Jews and Judaism. The Monk’s Haggadah brings together a facsimile edition of the codex in color, a critical edition of the Latin text of Erhard’s prologue, an English translation of the Latin text, and a translation of the Hebrew text of the Haggadah. Additionally, the volume’s editors provide historical context, explore the codicology, illustration, and patronage of the volume, and describe its Christian theological background. An absolutely unique document, this Haggadah stands to change many long-held conceptions about Jewish-Christian relations in the late Middle Ages and early modernity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Stern (Starr Professorship in Classical and Modern Hebrew Literature, University of Pennsylvania) , Christoph Markschies (Professor of Ancient Christianity) , Sarit Shalev-Eyni (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) , ErhardPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Volume: 1 Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.066kg ISBN: 9780271063997ISBN 10: 0271063998 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 06 February 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations 1. The Monk’s Haggadah (Munich Codex Hebrew 200): An Introduction David Stern 2. The Making of the Codex: Scribal Work, Illumination, and Patronage Sarit Shalev-Eyni 3. The History of the Codex and the Christian Theological Background of Erhard’s Prologue Christoph Markschies 4. The Hebraist Background to Erhard’s Prologue David Stern 5. Codicology and Description of the Manuscript Sarit Shalev-Eyni 6. The Prologue to the Haggadah by Erhard von Pappenheim (Latin Text) Edited by Christoph Markschies with Erik Koenke and Anna Rack-Teuteberg 7. The Prologue to the Haggadah by Erhard von Pappenheim (English Translation) Translated by Erik Koenke with David Stern 8. The Passover Haggadah (in Codex Hebrew 200) Translated by David Stern NotesReviewsJewish-Christian relations in the Middle Ages represent a challenging and often painful subject that defies easy categorization in terms of what too often is called, in anodyne, even evasive, terms, the 'Judeo-Christian' tradition. This brilliant collaboration between three experts in their respective fields uncovers an exceptional, yet also exemplary, case of a hybrid haggadah that, although written by a Jewish scribe, was adapted in a variety of ways for use by Christian monks both during and after its production. A testimony to interdisciplinary research, the book uncovers an astonishing episode in the long history of Christian Hebraism. University professors, Christian humanists, Bavarian monks, and anonymous artists are the cast of characters that make of this study a fascinating piece of detective work and a reminder of the complexity of any effort to capture historical truth. Especially admirable is the editors' willingness to consider multiple solutions to the conundrum the Tegernsee Haggadah presents. The reader is invited to think along with the editors. In the process, a world of Jewish-Christian interaction more complex than commonly imagined is revealed with precision and eloquence. --Jeffrey Hamburger, Harvard University Author InformationDavid Stern is the Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of Classical Hebrew Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Christoph Markschies is the Chair of Ancient Christianity at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Sarit Shalev-Eyni is Professor of History of Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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