Jüdische Merkwürdigkeiten

Johann Jacob Schudt's Jüdische Merckwiirdigkeiten has been mentioned by many scholars in different circumstances, however this voluminous work never stood in the focus of an academic scrutiny. My paper offers a first attempt to describe the content of Schudt's work and its scope. I focus on Schudt's ethnographic writings in his book and their uniqueness among other ethnographies that were written during the early modern period. I argue that in opposition to most other composers of such ethnographies, who primarily repeated information that appeared in earlier works, Schudt chose to focus on neglected aspects of Jewish ritual life. In addition I argue that Schudt's work reflects an ambivalent approach toward Judaism and reject attempts to see him as an anti-semite

Ambivalence · Archaeology · Chose · Ethnography · Focus (optics · Judaism · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Scrutiny · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Law · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity

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