Abstract
This article deals with the Jewish-Christian relationship in the late Middle Ages as reflected in medieval drama In fact, Frankfurt is one of the earliest centres for German liturgical plays. The ‘Frankfurter Dirigierrolle’ [Frankfurt Direction Scroll] dramatises the persistent conflict between Jewish and Christian burgher in the first half of the fourteenth century. This play's anti-Judaism is situated in a Frankfurt where Christians and Jews lived side-by-side and enjoyed the same legal status. Following the establishment of the ghetto in 1462 (the so-called ‘Judengasse’), the ‘Frankfurter Passionsspiel’ [Frankfurt Passion Play] depicted an even more aggressive anti-Judaism by using biblical and apocryphal sources or by inventing new scenes.
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