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sais it again: This sentence is known only since 1944.
Extensive information on the question is to be found in:
Schloemann, Martin:
Luthers Apfelbaumchen? ein Kapitel deutscher Mentalitatsgeschichte seit
dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, Gottingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht ; cop. 1994.
ISBN 3-525-01617-4
Luther would - the end of time in sight - rather have drunken a beer than
planted a tree :)
Daniel
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Was Luther familiar with the Talmud? Arthur Mendel in *Vision and
Violence* (U. of Michigan, 1992) has an interesting discussion of
apocalyptic messianism in Judaism, including the quote from the Talmud
(unfortunately he doesn't make it clear which rabbi said it): "If you are
planting a tree and someone comes and says, 'the Messiah is coming!' go on
planting. . . ."
Phyllis
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>You may want to look at the following website:
>http://www.luther.de/e/baeume.html
>re Luther and trees
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>Unfortunately the details escape me, but someone wrote an article in German
>on this not very long ago (within the last couple of years). As I remember
>it, the statement attributed to Luther is `Even if I knew the world would
>end tomorrow, I would still plant my apple tree today'. However (if I
>remember the article correctly), this statement cannot be verified from
>Luther's writings or table-talk.
>
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>Professor John L. Flood
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>From: Richard Landes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>according to a tradition i cannot trace, luther is said to have responded
>that if someone claimed the messiah had come one shd go on planting
>trees. does anyone know of this (even attributed to other figures)? does
>someone know of a reformation or early modern list they can forward this
to?
>richard
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