Jews in the Depths of Hell, Thirteenth-Century Collection of Jacob of Voragine

by hadassah | May 27, 2026 | Popular Perceptions and Violence

Jews in the Depths of Hell, Thirteenth-Century Collection of Jacob of Voragine   It happed on a time S. Macarius found in his way the head of a dead man, and he demanded of it whose head it was, and the head answered: Of a paynim, and Macarius said to him: Where...

Jews and Antichrist, Fourteenth-/Fifteenth-Century Historienbibel

by hadassah | May 27, 2026 | Popular Perceptions and Violence

Jews and Antichrist, Fourteenth-/Fifteenth-Century Historienbibel   Daniel prophesies and says: The Antichrist will come from the tribe of Dan in Babylon. He will be born from the worst man and woman, and when he is conceived, the evil spirit will enter with him....

Jews and Antichrist, Twelfth-Century Play of Antichrist

by hadassah | May 27, 2026 | Popular Perceptions and Violence

Jews and Antichrist, Twelfth-Century Play of Antichrist   Then Antichrist, sending the hypocrites to Synagoga, sings: “Tell the Jews that the Messiah has come,and that I have received tribute among the nations.Tell the Jews: Behold, I am the Messiah.I am the one...

Jews and Antichrist, Tenth-Century Adso, Essay on Antichrist

by hadassah | May 27, 2026 | Popular Perceptions and Violence

Jews and Antichrist, Tenth-Century Adso, Essay on Antichrist   Now let us consider the origin of Antichrist. What I say, I do not devise or invent from my own judgment. Rather, I have found all these things written by reading the books carefully. As our...

Re-Telling of Ancient Jew and Devil Story, Thirteenth-Century Collection of Jacob of Voragine

by hadassah | May 27, 2026 | Popular Perceptions and Violence

Re-Telling of Ancient Jew and Devil Story, Thirteenth-Century Collection of Jacob of Voragine   In the year of our Lord five hundred and thirty-seven, there was a man named Theophilus, which was vicar of a bishop. And when the bishop was dead, all the people...

Jew and Devil in Twelfth-Century France, Twelfth-Century Memoir of Guibert of Nogent

by hadassah | May 27, 2026 | Popular Perceptions and Violence

Jew and Devil in Twelfth-Century France, Twelfth-Century Memoir of Guibert of Nogent   Since we have begun to speak of devils, we think it fitting to add certain facts, which are a warning to avoid their incantations and the counsels of those who have dealings...