OATH MORE JUDAICO - GERMANY [Friedrich Wilhelm Christoph Tauffenburg], Formula Juramenti Judaeorum, oder Der Juden Eyd, darinn ihre bißherige Art gegen die Christen zu schwören als falsch verworfen, Wernigerode [Saxony], 1723. Large in-4°. 8 ff., 24p. Period pamphlet torn in rubbed blue boards, wetness (Zedler XLII,356). Rare dissertation by Tauffenburg, a Jewish convert to Christianity (born Abraham Oppenheim), on the Jewish oath (more judaico), which Jews had to take before participating in any legal action involving Christians. Tauffenburg demonstrates the absurdity of this oath and exposes several legal aporias caused by the superposition of Jewish and Christian rights (notably in divorce cases involving converts).
Estimate
€800 - €1,200
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
OATH MORE JUDAICO - GERMANY
[Friedrich Wilhelm Christoph Tauffenburg], Formula Juramenti Judaeorum, oder Der Juden Eyd, darinn ihre bißherige Art gegen die Christen zu schwören als falsch verworfen, Wernigerode [Saxony], 1723. Large in-4°. 8 ff., 24p. Period pamphlet torn in rubbed blue boards, wetness (Zedler XLII,356).
Rare dissertation by Tauffenburg, a Jewish convert to Christianity (born Abraham Oppenheim), on the Jewish oath (more judaico), which Jews had to take before participating in any legal action involving Christians. Tauffenburg demonstrates the absurdity of this oath and exposes several legal aporias caused by the superposition of Jewish and Christian rights (notably in divorce cases involving converts).
Sale
Wednesday 26 February 2025・14:30 (Europe/Paris)
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3, rue Favart
75002 Paris