Jewish bishop

Jewish bishop ( Episcopus Judaeorum ) was (since 1090) the official name for the head of Jewish communities in the Middle Ages. Often it was simply the community rabbi . The Jewish bishop was responsible to the state for collecting taxes from the Jews.

The title was officially used for the first time in 1090 in the Worms privilege of Heinrich IV. For the Worms Jews, which was also valid for the Jews of Speyer .

See also

• List of the Jewish Bishops of Worms

literature

• Jewish Lexicon , Berlin 1927, Vol. III, Col. 416 f.