Synagogue Service for the New Year

Paul Christian Kirchner converted to Christianity in 1709. He is the author of Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish Ceremonial Customs), published in Erfurt, Germany, in 1717, which took a critical stance on Judaism but which was later republished by Sebastian Jugendres with more neutral text.

Johann Georg Puschner was a printmaker who was active in Nuremberg, Germany. The son of a blacksmith, he was also an astronomer. He is best known for his copperplate engravings of the town and university of Altdorf and for landscapes of Nuremberg. He maintained a workshop with his son, who was also named Johann Georg, so it is not always possible to determine which one was the artist of a particular work.

Sebastian Jugendres was a Christian Hebraist, historian, and scholar of heraldry in Nuremberg, Germany. He is known for his reworking of Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish Ceremonial Customs), originally published as an antisemitic tract in Erfurt, Germany, in 1717, into a second edition with a more neutral tone and copious illustrations.