The Jewish Pope: Myth, Diaspora and Yiddish Literature

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The Jewish Pope: Myth, Diaspora and Yiddish Literature by Sherman; Joseph, 9781900755771
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  • ISBN: 9781900755771 | 1900755777
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  • Copyright: 11/1/2002

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Sherman examines the recurring treatment of the myth of the Jewish Pope in four Yiddish literary texts dating from between 1602 and 1943. The roots of this myth - that one day a Jewish apostate might come to rule the world as Pope - lie deep in the Biblical story of the assimilation of Joseph (Genesis 37-50), from which it branches out into numerous Messianic fantasies informing Jewish existence through two thousand years of exile.
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