Esther certainly has the phrase right; and Caesarius also refers to Jews being 'inmundi corpore';
there is also a slightlky later vernacular parallel among German versions of Berthold of
Regensburg's sermons, 'ein stinkender Jude' [I give both refs in a footnote to an article on views of
Jews which I published in The Church and the Jews, ed D. Wood, Studies in Church History, p. 188
nn. 6 & 8]
On Wed, 20 Nov 1996 19:03:01 MET CLUSE CHRISTOPH wrote:
> From: CLUSE CHRISTOPH <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 19:03:01 MET
> Subject: Re: smell and sins: foetor iudaicus
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Dear Esther and others,
>
> As far as I remember, Caesarius doesn't name "iste foetor" a "foetor
> iudaicus", though the research literature always assumes that he was
> using this concept (for which there's ample evidence in Patristics;
> see Schreckenberg, Adversus-Judaeos-Texte I, Index s.v.). Remember
> that this is also in the context of Marian symbolism, and Mary is,
> among many other things, "odor suavitatis".
> Talking of Caesarius reminds me of Gary Dickson's lament that his
> Dialogus wasn't available in a cheap edition. What about putting our
> excerpts on the net somewhere? (e.g. at the Sermons Studies homepage,
> George?) And someone should start working on a proper critical
> edition, too.
>
> Best wishes,
> Christoph
>
> > To add, somewhat belatedly, to Michael G's list of smells - Caesarius of
> > Heisterbach tells of a Jewish girl who had converted and entered a
> > monastery, and who could smell her relatives from far away when they came to
> > try and get her up. The "fetor Iudaicus".
> > Esther Cohen
> > Hebrew University, Jerusalem
> >
>
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