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Title:

THE JEWISH POPE
MYTH, DIASPORA AND YIDDISH LITERATURE

By:

Joseph Sherman

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1900755777

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 November, 2002

Series:

Legenda Studies in Yiddish No. 4

Pages:

212

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In this examination of the myth of the Jewish Pope in four Yiddish literary texts dating from between 1602 and 1943, Sherman explores to what extent Yiddish language and literature derive from the dominant values of mainstream European culture.

Synopsis:

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.

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