Arguments Against the Christian Religion in Amsterdam by Saul Levi Morteira, Spinoza's Rabbi /

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This is the first book to offer a translation into English-as well as a critical study-of a Spanish treatise written around 1650 by Rabbi Saul Levi Morteira, whose most renowned congregant was Baruch Spinoza. Aimed at encouraging the practice of halachic Judaism among the Amsterdam-based descendants...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaplan, Gregory (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Marranen
Judentum
Konversion > Religion
Judaism.
Jews.
Interfaith relations.
Christianity.
Crypto-Jews.
HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century.
Judaïsme > Relations > Christianisme.
Juifs > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam > Histoire.
Christianisme > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam.
Crypto-Jews > Iberian Peninsula > History.
Judaism > Relations > Christianity.
Jews > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History.
Christianity > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Europe > Iberian Peninsula.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This is the first book to offer a translation into English-as well as a critical study-of a Spanish treatise written around 1650 by Rabbi Saul Levi Morteira, whose most renowned congregant was Baruch Spinoza. Aimed at encouraging the practice of halachic Judaism among the Amsterdam-based descendants of conversos, Spanish and Portuguese Sephardic Jews who had been forced to convert to Christianity, the book stages a dialogue between two conversos that ultimately leads to a vision of a Jewish homeland-an outcome that Morteira thought was only possible through his program for rejudaisation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (203 pages).
ISBN:9789048529261

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