Liber de perfidia Iudaeorum
by Amolo von Lyon, edited by Cornelia Herbers-Rauhut
English summary: Amolo, the Archbishop of Lyons (841-852), was the successor to the more well-known Agobard, and his polemical works are at the center of this work, which reconsiders his importance to the Frankish church in the Early Middle Ages. One of Amolo’s major works was the treatise Liber de perfidia Iudaeorum (On the Faithlessness of the Jews), in which he attempted to analyze Judaism on a theological level, which in his eyes was full of false teachings that he hoped to expose. The second part of the treatise chiefly deals with the representation of the relationships that Christian rulers had with their Jewish subjects in Christian history. Amolo therefore paid particular attention to the rulers of Late Antiquity and the rules that were developed at Merovingian church councils. In preparation for the imperial synod of the West Franks convened in Meux on June 17th, 845, this section of Amolo’s treatise, which Amolo and others hoped would serve as a model for imperial policies, had been widely disseminated. This current work offers the critical edition of the Liber de perfidia Iudaeorum with a facing German translation, a detailed analysis of how Amolo specifically developed this unique text. This work is a valuable resource for understanding the prosecutorial function of the Council of Meux/Paris and Christian- Jewish relations in the Early Middle Ages. German description: Amolo, Erzbischof von Lyon (841-852), Nachfolger des wesentlich bekannteren Agobard, knupfte in mehrfacher Hinsicht an dessen Wirken an. So verfasste er den Traktat Liber de perfidia Iudaeorum, in dem er sich zunachst auf theologischer Ebene mit der judischen Religion auseinandersetzt und versucht, die in seinen Augen falschen Glaubenslehren der Juden zu widerlegen. Den zweiten Teil des Traktats dominiert eine kirchenrechtlich-historische Darstellung des Umgangs christlicher Herrscher mit ihren judischen Untertanen. Dabei berucksichtigt Amolo vor allem spatantike Herrscher und die Konziliengesetzgebung im Merowingerreich. Als Vorlage fur die am 17. Juni 845 in Meaux zusammengetretene westfrankische Reichssynode erfuhr dieser Abschnitt von Amolos Traktat weite Verbreitung. Der vorliegende Band bietet die kritische Edition des Liber de perfidia Iudaeorum nebst deutscher Ubersetzung und eine detaillierte Analyse der teils ungewohnlichen Quellen, aus denen Amolo von Lyon schopfte. Daruber hinaus wird die Entstehungsgeschichte des Traktats anhand seiner Vorlagefunktion fur das Konzil von Meaux/Paris rekonstruiert.
- By (author) Lyon Amolo von
- Edited by Cornelia Herbers-Rauhut
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