Victor von Carben

Victor von Carben (1422 – 1515) was a German rabbi who converted to Catholicism and became a priest. He was involved in the Pfefferkorn controversy, and was one of the four imperial commissioners appointed to examine Jewish books for blasphemy against Christianity, the others being Johannes Pfefferkorn, Johann Reuchlin, and Jacob van Hochstraten. [cite book
title=Judaeo-Christian Intellectual Culture in the Seventeenth Century
first=Allison P.
last=Coudert
year=1999
publisher=Springer
isbn=0792357892
pages=68] His work, "Judenbüchlein", published in Cologne in 1508 described the conditions and customs of Jews with a view toward aiding in their conversion.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=9004102558
pages=133] He disputed with learned Jews before the Archbishop of Cologne at Bonn, and secured the expulsion of Jews from Brühl, Deutz, and other towns in the area, though like Pfefferkorn, he tried to persude Christians that mistreating Jews would not aid in their conversion.

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