A Voice Against the Flames.

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  • Author(s): Snyder, Robert W.
  • Source:
    America Magazine: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture. 9/17/2001, Vol. 185 Issue 7, p15. 2p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      BOOK burning; RELIGION; CATHOLICS; RELIGIOUS literature; JEWS
    • Abstract:
      Provides information on the Catholic jurist who used all of his powers of argument to prevent the burning of Jewish books. Legal text through which he accomplished his feat; Number of Jewish books confiscated in German cities during the 13th century; Publication of Johannes Reuchlin's `Recommendation Whether to Confiscate, Destroy and Burn All Jewish Books'.