Now in English translation, this critical edition of historical writings by Joseph of Rosheim, sixteenth-century leader of German Jewry, provides important information about the situation of the Jews in the early modern Holy Roman Empire as well as fascinating insights into Christian-Jewish relations in the Reformation period.

Chava Fraenkel-Goldschmidt, (1931-1995), educator and scholar in the field of Jewish history, specialist in early modern German Jewish history. Her other published works included the critical edition of R. Yosef Ish Rosheim, Sefer ha-Miknah (Mekize Nirdamim, Jerusalem 1970).
Naomi Schendowich (Translator) is the granddaughter of Hermann Schwab, author of several books on the history of orthodox Jewry in Germany.
Adam Shear (English Editor), Ph.D. (2003) in History, University of Pennsylvania, is Assistant Professor of Jewish History at the University of Pittsburgh where he teaches courses in medieval and modern Jewish history and in the history of Jewish-Christian relations. His work focuses on early modern Jewish cultural and intellectual history.