David Stern

The Monk S Haggadah David Stern

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; This fifteenth-century Haggadah, with a prologue by a Dominican friar, offers a unique view of contemporary Christian perceptions of Judaism. This edition includes a facsimile of the codex;a critical edition and translation of the prologue;a translation of the Haggadah;and essays describing the historical and theological background--Provided by publisher.; This fifteenth-century Haggadah, with a prologue by a Dominican friar, offers a unique view of contemporary Christian perceptions of Judaism. This edition includes a facsimile of the codex;a critical edition and translation of the prologue;a translation of the haggadah;and essays describing the historical and theological background--; Provided by publisher.; In English with a facsimile of original manuscript in Hebrew with a Latin prologue and English translations of both. Review Quotes: "This book wonderfully proves the value of collaborative research. The introduction describes how this collaboration came about and is by itself a little masterpiece. Like a detective story, it chronicles how the researchers gradually came to recognize that the Haggadah and its Latin--and very Christian--preface constitute one of the most remarkable testimonies in both image and word of the complex character of Jewish-Christian relations in the fifteenth century. Yet the manuscript, even after the collaborators' fascinating findings, remains enigmatic and indeed mysterious. This is simply an extraordinary book about an extraordinary artifact." --William Jordan, Princeton UniversityReview Quotes: "Jewish-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 UniversityTable of Contents: Contents 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 Notes Publisher Marketing: In 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. Contributor Bio:  Stern, David Rabbi David Stern is senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas. He contributed to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism Yizkor, Who by Fire, Who by Water Un'taneh Tokef and All These Vows Kol Nidre (all Jewish Lights).