Red Jews Antisemitism in an Apocalyptic Age 1200-1600

The German legend of the Red Jews, a medieval conflation of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel with the biblical destroyers Gog and Magog, articulated throughout the Middle Ages and well into the sixteenth century a fundamentally antisemitic strain of popular apocalypticism. This undigested piece of medievalia disappeared as more strictly biblical narratives of the End replaced medieval myth. As a result, the Red Jews have not been noticed by modern historians - though they were a universally-known feature of German apocalyptic belief for over three centuries.Gow, Andrew C. is the author of 'Red Jews Antisemitism in an Apocalyptic Age 1200-1600' with ISBN 9789004102552 and ISBN 9004102558.