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Recommendation whether to confiscate, destroy, and burn all Jewish books : a classic treatise against anti-semitism

"Every once in a while at a critical point in history, a book appears that changes the course of events forever. In 1510, Johannes Reuchlin, a scholar, lawyer and humanist, wrote his landmark legal opinion that those books fundamental to the practice of the Jewish faith should not be taken away from Jews and destroyed by Christians. While he was condemned himself for his stand, the book opened the eyes of scholars and political leaders to the need to understand and appreciate the wealth of religious truth and insight in the Talmud and other works
Print Book, English, 2000
Paulist Press, New York, 2000