Yaacov Deutsch
Biographic Data
| ID | 6716312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yaacov Deutsch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yaacov |
| FAMILY NAME | Deutsch |
| SIGNATURE | DEUTSCH Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | David Yellin Academic College of Education History Department https://dx.doi.org/42723 Jerusalem Israel |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1403-102X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Erasmus Oswaldus Schreckenfuchs and the First Complete Hebrew Translation of the New Testament (1563)
This article examines the first complete Hebrew translation of the New Testament, produced by Erasmus Oswaldus Schreckenfuchs in 1563, a work that has yet to receive significant scholarly attention. It explores Schreckenfuchs’s career, his expertise in Hebrew, and his publications in Hebrew studies, situating him within the broader intellectual landscape of sixteenth-century Christian Hebraism. The study contextualizes this translation within the…
An Unknown German Translation of Toledot Yeshu by Franz Ferdinand Engelsberger, a Seventeenth Century Christian Convert from Judaism
In this article, I focus on a hitherto unknown version of the polemical text Toledot Yeshu published in 1640 by a convert from Judaism named Franz Ferdinand Engelsberger. Following a short biography of Engelsberger, I describe the text and focus on a number of its unique features, that do not appear in other versions of the narrative. In addition, I demonstrate that the text includes certain narrative elements that were known thus far only from t…
Toledot Yeshu in Context
The Jewish »Life of Jesus« or Toledot Yeshu provides one of the most extraordinary accounts of the beginnings of Christianity. The narrative describes Jesus as child born of adultery, a charlatan, and a false prophet who performed would-be miracles through the use of magic. Throughout the centuries, the story aroused the ire of anti-Jewish polemicists, delighted anti-clerical authors, and was viewed by Jewish scholars as a subject of embarrassmen…
Toledot Yeshu: The Life Story of Jesus
The Book of the Life of Jesus (in Hebrew Sefer Toledot Yeshu ) presents a »biography« of Jesus from an anti-Christian perspective. It ascribes to Jesus an illegitimate birth, a theft of the Ineffable Name, heretical activities, and finally a disgraceful death. Perhaps for centuries, Toledot Yeshu circulated orally until it coalesced into various literary forms. Although the dates of these written compositions remain obscure, some early hints of a…
Toledot Yeshu ("The life story of Jesus") revisited
One of the most controversial books in history, Toledot Yeshu recounts the life story of Jesus from a negative and anti-Christian perspective. It ascribes to Jesus an illegitimate birth, a theft of the Ineffable Name of God, heretical activities, and, finally, a disgraceful death. Perhaps for centuries, the Toledot Yeshu circulated orally until it coalesced into various literary forms. Although the dates of these written compositions remain obscu…
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 op…
“A View of the Jewish Religion”. Conceptions of Jewish Practice and Ritual in Early Modern Europe
Article “A View of the Jewish Religion”. Conceptions of Jewish Practice and Ritual in Early Modern Europe. was published on December 31, 2001 in the journal Archiv für Religionsgeschichte (volume 3, issue 1)
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“A View of the Jewish Religion”. Conceptions of Jewish Practice and Ritual in Early Modern Europe
Article “A View of the Jewish Religion”. Conceptions of Jewish Practice and Ritual in Early Modern Europe. was published on December 31, 2001 in the journal Archiv für Religionsgeschichte (volume 3, issue 1)
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 op…
Toledot Yeshu ("The life story of Jesus") revisited
One of the most controversial books in history, Toledot Yeshu recounts the life story of Jesus from a negative and anti-Christian perspective. It ascribes to Jesus an illegitimate birth, a theft of the Ineffable Name of God, heretical activities, and, finally, a disgraceful death. Perhaps for centuries, the Toledot Yeshu circulated orally until it coalesced into various literary forms. Although the dates of these written compositions remain obscu…
Toledot Yeshu: The Life Story of Jesus
The Book of the Life of Jesus (in Hebrew Sefer Toledot Yeshu ) presents a »biography« of Jesus from an anti-Christian perspective. It ascribes to Jesus an illegitimate birth, a theft of the Ineffable Name, heretical activities, and finally a disgraceful death. Perhaps for centuries, Toledot Yeshu circulated orally until it coalesced into various literary forms. Although the dates of these written compositions remain obscure, some early hints of a…
Toledot Yeshu in Context
The Jewish »Life of Jesus« or Toledot Yeshu provides one of the most extraordinary accounts of the beginnings of Christianity. The narrative describes Jesus as child born of adultery, a charlatan, and a false prophet who performed would-be miracles through the use of magic. Throughout the centuries, the story aroused the ire of anti-Jewish polemicists, delighted anti-clerical authors, and was viewed by Jewish scholars as a subject of embarrassmen…
An Unknown German Translation of Toledot Yeshu by Franz Ferdinand Engelsberger, a Seventeenth Century Christian Convert from Judaism
In this article, I focus on a hitherto unknown version of the polemical text Toledot Yeshu published in 1640 by a convert from Judaism named Franz Ferdinand Engelsberger. Following a short biography of Engelsberger, I describe the text and focus on a number of its unique features, that do not appear in other versions of the narrative. In addition, I demonstrate that the text includes certain narrative elements that were known thus far only from t…
Erasmus Oswaldus Schreckenfuchs and the First Complete Hebrew Translation of the New Testament (1563)
This article examines the first complete Hebrew translation of the New Testament, produced by Erasmus Oswaldus Schreckenfuchs in 1563, a work that has yet to receive significant scholarly attention. It explores Schreckenfuchs’s career, his expertise in Hebrew, and his publications in Hebrew studies, situating him within the broader intellectual landscape of sixteenth-century Christian Hebraism. The study contextualizes this translation within the…
Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · History (4 works) · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (4 works) · Antiquity (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Jewish interpretations (3 works) · Jewish Studies (3 works) · Judaism (3 works) · Modern Age (3 works)