see Andrew Gow, *The Red Jews: Antisemitism in an Apocalyptic Age,
1200-1600* Brill, Leiden, 1997? it's a fantastic tale of a tradition that
only appears in the vernacular -- a clue to the iceberg of oral traditions
that lie beneath the surface of our (largely latin) medieval texts.
rlandes
At 01:25 PM 5/13/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Sorry for cross-posting!
>
>
>Dear all,
>
>a friend of mine is occupied with Michel Beheims Meistersang-poem "The
>Antichrist". When the Antichrist reigns in Jerusalem - as Beheim says
>-, the "red jews" who are included in the caspic mountains will leave
>their prison and come from the north to Jerusalem.
>My friend knows about the tribes Gog and Magog, included by Alexander
>the Great. But why says Beheim "red jews" instead of "Gog and Magog"?
>Very similar, Heinrich von Neustadt mentions in his "Gottes Zukunft"
>four tribes, "Gog, Magog, Amazones and the red jews".
>
>Any help and ideas are very appreciated!
>
>Thanks you in advance,
>
>Tobias Kemper
>
>
>
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