Ever wonder why fantasy literature does not seem particularly Jewish? One professor's answer.
WHY THERE IS NO JEWISH NARNIA
by Michael Weingrad
Although it might seem unlikely that anyone would wonder whether the author of The Lord of the Rings was Jewish, the Nazis took no chances. When the publishing firm of Ruetten & Loening was negotiating with J. R. R. Tolkien over a German translation of The Hobbit in 1938, they demanded that Tolkien provide written assurance that he was an Aryan.
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