Anthonius Margaritha and the Jewish Faith: Jewish Life and Conversion in Sixteenth-Century Germany

by Michael Thomson Walton

A biography of Anthonius Margaritha, convert to Christianity and reporter on Jewish life and religious practices.

Born in the 1490s, Anthonius Margaritha was the grandson, son, and brother of noted rabbis and was perhaps the best-known Jew of his generation in Germany to convert to Christianity. When he became a Christian in 1521, he began a series of writings that were built on his Jewish life and learning but were intended to reveal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814338003
• ISBN13: 9780814338001
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"