Asher Lämmlein
Proclaimed forerunner of the Jewish Messiah
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::summary Proclaimed forerunner of the Jewish Messiah ::
Asher Lämmlein was a Jew who appeared in Istria, near Venice, in 1502 and, encouraged by the works of Isaac Abrabanel, | title = The Messiah Idea in Jewish History | first = Julius Hillel | last = Greenstone | year = 1906 | publisher = The Jewish Publication Society of America | pages = 189
Lämmlein declared that if the Jews showed great repentance and charity, the Messiah would not fail to appear in six months. He gained a troop of adherents who spread his prophesies though Italy and Germany, and his message met with such acceptance that the year became known as the "year of penance." Existing institutions were willfully destroyed in the belief of coming redemption and a return to Jerusalem. However, Lämmlein died or suddenly disappeared, and his followers’ extravagant hopes came to an end. | title = History of the Jews | first = Heinrich | last = Graetz |author2=Philipp Bloch | year = 1894 | publisher = Jewish Publication Society of America | pages = 482
Salo W. Baron suggests that disillusionment over the failed prophesies Lämmlein helped lead to the conversion of a few Jewish intellectuals to the Christian faith, including Victor von Carben and Johannes Pfefferkorn.{{cite book |title=The Red Jews: Antisemitism in an Apocalyptic Age, 1200-1600 |last=Gow |first=Andrew Colin |year=1995 |publisher=Brill Academic Publishers |isbn=90-04-10255-8 |pages=135}}
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- also '''Lämmlin''', '''Lemmlein'''
- His place of birth is unknown, but his nicknames [[Ashkenazi]] and [[Reutlingen]] indicate that he or his family originally came from Germany.The Jews were finally expelled from the city of Reutlingen in 1495. Vlg. Voss (2007), S. 58.
- Joyce, James. (1998). "Ulysses". Oxford University Press.
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