On The Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther (1543)

On The Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther (1543) Read by Alex Linder

On The Jews and Their Lies (German: Von den Jüden und iren Lügen; in modern spelling Von den Juden und ihren Lügen) is a 65,000-word anti-Judaic treatise written in 1543 by the German Reformation leader Martin Luther (1483-1546).
Luther's attitude toward the Jews took different forms during his lifetime. In his earlier period, until 1537 or not much earlier, he wanted to convert Jews to Lutheranism (Protestant Christianity), but failed. In his later period when he wrote this particular treatise, he denounced them and urged their persecution.
In the treatise, he argues that Jewish synagogues and schools should be set on fire, their prayer books destroyed, rabbis forbidden to preach, Jewish [...]

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