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Graes, Ortuin de
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Anti-Jewish writer of the sixteenth century; born at Holtwick in Westphalia in 1491; died at Cologne May 21, 1542. He was the son of a priest, and became one of the chiefs of the Dominican party in Cologne. Ortuin was a rabid Jew-hater, and wrote much against the Jews. He took sides with Pfefferkorn during the latter's controversy with Reuchlin, and with the assistance of Victor von Karben, a baptized Jew, wrote "De Vita et Moribus Judæorum" (1504); he afterward translated it into German. This book is a fanatical diatribe against Jews and Judaism. Ortuin translated Pfefferkorn's anti-Jewish writings into Latin.
Bibliography:
- Grätz, Gesch. , passim;
- L. Geiger, Reuchlin's Leben und Werke, in Ulr. Hutteni Opera, 3:359-361, Leipsic, 1871;
- idem, in Allg. Deutsche Biographic, 9:600-602;
- Kohut, Gesch. der Deutschen Juden, p. 466.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Graes, Ortuin de'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/g/graes-ortuin-de.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Graes, Ortuin de'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/g/graes-ortuin-de.html. 1901.
