August Rohling

August Rohling (* February 15, 1839 in New churches; † January 23, 1931 in Salzburg ) was a Prague canon and professor of Catholic theology. He was known as an eloquent anti-Semite, who with his diatribe " The Talmud Jew " of 1871 emerged mainly.

Academic training and life

After graduation took blank 1858 the study of theology at the Academy in Münster. A study in Paris followed in 1863 ordained a priest by Bishop Johann Georg Müller in Münster. He then worked as a private tutor in Brussels and Paris. Theological licentiate in 1865, after habilitation for Old and New Testaments in Münster, doctorate in Jena in 1867. Honorary doctorate in 1871 and associate professor of exegesis at the University of Münster. 1874 received a professorship blank in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. In 1875 he returned to Europe and lived in Italy, England and Prague. In 1892 he was a canon of the collegiate church in Prague. Published in 1897 August Rohling the font, the future state, which has been indexed. In 1899 he resigned from his teaching post. He moved to Gorizia, later to Freistadt (Upper Austria ), and finally to Salzburg.

Anti-Talmudism and anti-Semitism

Blank has been made ​​primarily as anti-Semitic author a name, especially through writing " The Talmud Jew ". In it, he listed out of context on cracked Talmud quotes and interpreted them negative. He tried to theological way against the so-called proceed " Jewish race ". He relied mainly on the work of Johann Andreas Eisenmenger, " Judaism is discovered or Thorough and Wahrhaffter report, the obdurate Jews blaspheme and dishonor which shape the High Holy Drey - unity ". Another source blank was the Jewish convert Aron Brimann Israel, who had distinguished themselves by anti -Semitic diatribes. " The Talmud Jew " at his time had a far-reaching effect, and even Julius Streicher reached into his anti-Semitic Hetzblatt The striker on the blank argument back. According to the Jewish religion blank areas of their supporters whenever possible harm to Christians and to kill - so defended blank the medieval blood libel.

Ritual murder trials

August Rohling occurred in many ritual murder trials on as a consultant. In the trial of the case of Tiszaeszlár ( Hungary), the Protestant theologian Franz Delitzsch showed the fakes and misrepresentations in the blank dealing with the Talmud. After the Rabbi Joseph Samuel Bloch blank had accused forgery and perjury, that showed him for libel. When the court Delitzsch admitted as expert witness and it turned out that the blank was not even able to read the Talmud in the original, blank pulled back the action. Although blank lost his teaching license and the Vatican put parts of his writings on the Index of Forbidden Books Catholics, they found among Catholics in Central and Eastern Europe -wide distribution.

Blank was supported by the two Austrian Reichstag deputies Georg Ritter von Schönerer (1842-1921) and Karl Lueger (1844-1910), who were also anti-Semitic. In Germany the blank ideas were popularized mainly by Boniface Club.

Publications

• The Talmud Jew. To taken to heart for Jews and Christians of all ranks, Münster 1871 ( ULB Münster)
• My answers to the Rabbis or five letters about the Talmud and the blood ritual of the Jews, Prague 1883