{"product_id":"9788776746803","title":"Lessons in Contempt: Poul R?ff?s Translation and Publication in 1516 of Johannes Pfefferkorn???s The Confession of the Jews","description":"Published in 1516, Poul Raeff's Iudeorum Secreta, a Danish translation of Johannes Pfefferkorn's The Confession of the Jews (Die Judenbeicht), was a landmark in the development of anti-Jewish polemics in Denmark. For the first time, Danes were presented with descriptions of Jewish ceremonies that aimed to portray these practices as dangerously anti-Christian, superstitious, and deviating from 'real' Biblical Judaism. Contemporary Judaism was described as a rabbinical construction that is worthy of nothing but ridicule and mockery. Lessons in Contempt explores this key text that comprises a valuable source for a range of academic disciplines: the history of antisemitism, the study of Jewish-Christian relations, social history, the history of religious culture, and medieval and early modern Danish language and literature. The book includes: an outline of how Jews were portrayed in medieval Danish vernacular literature \u003cbr\u003e• a description of Pfefferkorn's life and works \u003cbr\u003e• a discussion of Raeff's translation and publication of Iudeorum Secreta \u003cbr\u003e• a presentation of the language and style of the Danish version \u003cbr\u003e• an edition of the text together with the Latin original, an English translation, and an extensive commentary.","brand":"University Press of Southern Denmark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059693699312,"sku":"9788776746803","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9788776746803_p0.jpg?v=1763750409","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9788776746803","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}