Polemical Jewish Entertainments in Amsterdam

Jewish polemical Jesus stories ("Toledot Yeshu") are based on the gospels and on Christian legends. They circulated since the Middle Ages in different text versions. In the Amsterdam Jewish metropole, a religiously open climate prevailed in the 18th century. The Yiddish manuscript, which is edited here for the first time, is an outstanding testimony how Ashkenazic Jews from Amsterdam took notice of their Christian neighbors and their believes.