Allison Coudert

Victor von Carben, or Victor of Carben (1422–1515) was a German rabbi of Cologne who converted to Catholicism and later became a priest. He endeavored to show his zeal for his new religion by writing against his former coreligionists. Carben 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. His work, Jude…