Secret conversions to Judaism in early modern Europe
This work deals with conversions to Judaism from the 16th to the 18th century. It provides six case studies by scholars on phenomena as crypto-Judaism, "judaizing", reversion of Jewish-Christian converts and secret conversion of non-Jewish Christians for intellectual reasons
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9781423712145, 9789047401841, 9789004128835, 1423712145, 9047401840, 9004128832
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Introduction, Martin Mulsow & Richard H. Popkin1. George Buchanan, Crypto-Judaism, and the Critique of European Empire, Arthur Williamson2. Can one be a True Christian and a Faithful Follower of the Law of Moses? The Answer of John Dury, Richard H. Popkin3. “Ich will dich nach Holland schicken . . .”: Amsterdam and the Reversion to Judaism of German-Jewish Converts, Elisheva Carlebach4. Judaizing in the Seventeenth Century: Francis Mercury van Helmont and Johann Peter Späth (Moses Germanus), Allison P. Coudert5. Cartesianism, Skepticism and Conversion to Judaism. The Case of Aaron d’Antan, Martin Mulsow6. Lord George Gordon and Cabalistic Freemasonry: Beating Jacobite Swords into Jacobin Ploughshares, Marsha Keith SchuchardIndex of Names