Secret conversions to Judaism in early modern Europe
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Secret conversions to Judaism in early modern Europe
（Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 122）
Brill, 2004
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume deals with conversions to Judaism from the 16th to the 18th century. It provides six case studies by leading international scholars on phenomena as crypto-Judaism, "judaizing", reversion of Jewish-Christian converts and secret conversions of non-Jewish Christians for intellectual reasons. With contributions by Arthur Williamson, Richard H. Popkin, Elisheva Carlebach, Allison P. Coudert, Martin Mulsow and Martha Keith Schuchard.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Martin Mulsow & Richard H. Popkin
1. George Buchanan, Crypto-Judaism, and the Critique of European Empire, Arthur Williamson
2. Can one be a True Christian and a Faithful Follower of the Law of Moses? The Answer of John Dury, Richard H. Popkin
3. "Ich will dich nach Holland schicken . . .": Amsterdam and the Reversion to Judaism of German-Jewish Converts, Elisheva Carlebach
4. Judaizing in the Seventeenth Century: Francis Mercury van Helmont and Johann Peter Spath (Moses Germanus), Allison P. Coudert
5. Cartesianism, Skepticism and Conversion to Judaism. The Case of Aaron d'Antan, Martin Mulsow
6. Lord George Gordon and Cabalistic Freemasonry: Beating Jacobite Swords into Jacobin Ploughshares, Marsha Keith Schuchard
Index of Names
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