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{de} Entdecktes Judenthum <German> / Judaism Unmasked (1700) is a book by Johann Andreas Eisenmenger.

Abstract

A vicious anti-Semitic book. Collects passages from the Talmud (often misquoted out of their original context) in order to give support and credibility to the most infamous accusations against the Jews, including the ritual murder of Christian children and the poisoning of wells. Sadly, it was immensely popular and influential and has remained such in anti-Semitic circles up to the present. Was for centuries the major (if not the only) source-text for Christian scholars who had not direct access to the Talmud, regularly quoted in scholarly bibliographies still in the first half of the 20th century.

Editions and translations

Published in Frankfurt [Germany]: 1700 [suppressed and released only in 1740] / 2nd ed. Königsberg: 1711. Republished in 1748; and Dresden: Brandner, 1892.

Translations

• The Traditions of the Jews = Entdecktes Judenthum (Judaism Unmasked / 1732-34 Eisenmenger / Stehelin), book (English ed.)

Directly inspired similar works, notably:

• Der Talmudjude (1871 Rohling), book

Table of contents

External links

• [ Google Books]