{"product_id":"the-many-deaths-of-jew-yair-mintzker-9780691172323","title":"The Many Deaths of Jew S?s: The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking historical reexamination of one of the most infamous episodes in the history of anti-Semitism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoseph S?s Oppenheimer--\"Jew S?s\"--is one of the most iconic figures in the history of anti-Semitism. In 1733, Oppenheimer became the \"court Jew\" of Carl Alexander, the duke of the small German state of W?ttemberg. When Carl Alexander died unexpectedly, the W?ttemberg authorities arrested Oppenheimer, put him on trial, and condemned him to death for unspecified \"misdeeds.\" On February 4, 1738, Oppenheimer was hanged in front of a large crowd just outside Stuttgart. He is most often remembered today through several works of fiction, chief among them a vicious Nazi propaganda movie made in 1940 at the behest of Joseph Goebbels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Many Deaths of Jew S?s\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling new account of Oppenheimer's notorious trial. Drawing on a wealth of rare archival evidence, Yair Mintzker investigates conflicting versions of Oppenheimer's life and death as told by four contemporaries: the leading inquisitor in the criminal investigation, the most important eyewitness to Oppenheimer's final days, a fellow court Jew who was permitted to visit Oppenheimer on the eve of his execution, and one of Oppenheimer's earliest biographers. What emerges is a lurid tale of greed, sex, violence, and disgrace--but are these narrators to be trusted? Meticulously reconstructing the social world in which they lived, and taking nothing they say at face value, Mintzker conjures an unforgettable picture of \"Jew S?s\" in his final days that is at once moving, disturbing, and profound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Many Deaths of Jew S?s\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterfully innovative work of history, and an illuminating parable about Jewish life in the fraught transition to modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yair Mintzker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691172323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691172323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2017 pg. 90","brand":"Yair Mintzker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925625864447,"sku":"9780691172323","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_488adddc-11bd-4084-a8e6-e913907411d8.jpg?v=1681078385","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-many-deaths-of-jew-yair-mintzker-9780691172323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}