Rabbi Amnon of Mainz

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Rabbi Amnon of Mainz is a semi-legendary medieval Jewish figure traditionally associated with the authorship and martyrdom story behind the High Holiday prayer "Unetaneh Tokef."

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Rabbi Amnon of Mainz canonical 1

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instanceOf medieval Jewish figure ⓘ
semi-legendary Jewish religious figure ⓘ
associatedWith High Holiday liturgy ⓘ
Rosh Hashanah ⓘ
Unetaneh Tokef ⓘ
Yom Kippur ⓘ
commemoratedAs martyr for Jewish faith ⓘ
culturalSphere Ashkenazic liturgical tradition ⓘ
genreOfAccount hagiographic tale ⓘ
historicity semi-legendary ⓘ
languageOfTradition Hebrew ⓘ
linkedWork Unetaneh Tokef ⓘ
surface form: piyyut Unetaneh Tokef
liturgicalContext Machzor ⓘ
surface form: High Holiday Mahzor

Musaf service of Rosh Hashanah ⓘ
memoryPreservedIn High Holiday synagogue services ⓘ
Jewish homiletic literature ⓘ
narrativeSource Mahzor literature ⓘ
Or Zarua ⓘ
notableFor martyrdom story connected to Unetaneh Tokef ⓘ
traditional authorship of Unetaneh Tokef ⓘ
placeOfActivity Mainz ⓘ
Rhineland ⓘ
surface form: Medieval Rhineland
religiousCommunity Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Ashkenazi Jewry
religiousFunctionOfStory inspiration for repentance and awe on High Holidays ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
roleInTradition liturgical figure ⓘ
martyr figure ⓘ
statusInScholarship legendary rather than historically verified person ⓘ
themeOfStory divine judgment and human mortality ⓘ
refusal to convert to Christianity ⓘ
sanctification of God’s name (Kiddush Hashem) ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ

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Unetaneh Tokef → historicalAttribution → Rabbi Amnon of Mainz ⓘ