2 min listen
LBI Presents - Episode 10: A 16th Century Flame War
FromExile
ratings:
Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Mar 5, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In the Holy Roman Empire in the early 1500s, there was a campaign to burn all Jewish books. A legal scholar named Johannes Reuchlin wrote a pamphlet called Augenspiegel that convinced the powers-that-be that these texts had historical and scholarly value. Historian and author Erika Rummel joins Mark to tell this remarkable tale, which features everything from political power grabs to bribery to a Middle Ages version of a flame war. LBI Presents is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York | Berlin and Antica Productions. Hosted by Mark Oppenheimer. Executive Producers include Laura Regehr, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producer is Emily Morantz. Associate audio editor is Cameron McIver. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson.
Released:
Mar 5, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (26)
Introducing Exile: Welcome to Exile, a podcast about Jewish lives under the shadow of fascism. Narrated by award-winning screen and stage actor, Mandy Patinkin. Untold stories and firsthand accounts drawn from intimate letters, diaries and interviews found in the Leo... by Exile