The Red Jews: Antisemitism in an Apocalyptic Age, 1200-1600

The German legend of the Red Jews, a medieval conflation of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel with the biblical destroyers Gog and Magog, articulated throughout the Middle Ages and well into the sixteenth century a fundamentally antisemitic strain of popular apocalypticism. This undigested piece of medievalia disappeared as more strictly biblical narratives of the End replaced medieval myth. As a result, the Red Jews have not been noticed by modern historians - though they were a universally-known feature of German apocalyptic belief for over three centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Colin Gow
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1994
• EAN: 9789004102552
• ISBN: 978-90-04-10255-2
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 246 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 916 g
• Series: Studies in Medieval and Reform
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design