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Journal Article
Feuchtwanger's Jud Süβ and the Ambiguities of Jewish Political Power
2017
Overview
The writer aims to foster the appropriation of this reflection on the part of the reader. Because Feuchtwanger's notion of historical fiction-that it comments on the epoch of its composition-coincides with contemporary views of the genre, this approach to Jud Süß seems promising. According to J. Friedrich Battenberg, Jews were forbidden to bear arms until the mid-seventeenth century. Noblemen reject Süß as inferior and deem counterfeit his attempts to fit in. Because Süß cultivates noble tastes as a Jewish public figure, he threatens nobles' authority; Süß's flamboyant lifestyle posits his belonging to the ruling class, even though he is not acknowledged as one of its members. Since the state cannot be trusted to fulfill its promises, the novel suggests, Jews should follow Süß's example and renounce the political sphere as a realm at odds with their interests and ultimately closed to them.
