Jewish Money and the Image of the Jewish Body in the Middle Ages
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Through such vivid literary characters as Shylock, Fagin, and the notorious Jud Süß, the stereotype of the swarthy, hook-nosed, grasping Jewish moneylender has become a staple of western antisemitic discourse. However, this ugly caricature was a relatively late development. It was spurred not by actual Jews' appearances or actions, but by the desire of medieval Christian clerics to warn against the seductions of their suddenly more prosperous world.
In this talk Professor Lipton traces the slowly evolving image of Jews in medieval art, depicted first as worldly and materialistic, and, ultimately, dangerous and demonic.
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Tanesha Westcarr