A01=Joseph Sherman
Author_Joseph Sherman
Biblical Narrative
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Christian-Jewish relations
Common Language
Conversionist Sermon
Der Afifyor
diaspora studies
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European cultural assimilation
exile literature analysis
Fun Der
Gesta Romanorum
Ikh Hob
Intellectual Gifts
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Jacobs Son
Jewish identity formation
Jewish Labour Bund
Jewish Pope Myth
Knut Hamsun
Mendele Moykher Sforim
messianic narratives
Modern Language
myth
myth of Jewish apostate pope
Pope Myth
Potiphar's House
Rabbinical Commentators
Rosh Ha Shanah
Sefer Hasidim
Sholem Aleykhem
Trunk's Tale
Yiddish Language
Yiddish Literature
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781900755771
- Weight: 294g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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To what extent do Yiddish language and literature derive from the dominant values of mainstream European culture? How far did this culture shape the self-perception of Yiddish-speaking Jews of Central and Eastern Europe? How far did the ambivalent, antagonistic attitude adopted towards Jews over many centuries in Christian Europe shape modern Jewish identity and culture? Sherman deals with such questions in his close examination of the recurring treatment of the myth of the Jewish Pope in four Yiddish literary texts dating from between 1602 and 1943. The roots of this myth - that one day a Jewish apostate might come to rule the world as Pope - lie deep in the Biblical story of the assimilation of Joseph (Genesis 37-50), from which it branches out into numerous Messianic fantasies informing Jewish existence through two thousand years of exile. Concerned with broader questions of cultural identity, this study should be of interest to a general readership.
by Joseph Sherman
