Secret conversions to Judaism in early modern Europe / / edited by Martin Mulsow and Richard H. Popkin.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 122
• TeilnehmendeR: Mulsow, Martin.; Popkin, Richard Henry, 1923-
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 122.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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 conversion of non-Jewish Christians for intellectual reasons. The first contributions examine George Buchanan and John Dury, followed by three studies of the milieu of late seventeenth-century Amsterdam. The last essay is concerned with Lord George Gordon and Cabbalistic Freemasonry. The contributions will be of interest for intellectual historians, but also historians of political thought or Jewish studies. Contributors include: Elisheva Carlebach, Allison P. Coudert, Martin Mulsow, Richard H. Popkin, Marsha Keith Schuchard, and Arthur Williamson.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Martin Mulsow and Richard H. Popkin -- Introduction / Martin Mulsow and Richard H. Popkin -- George Buchanan, Crypto-Judaism, and the Critique of European Empire / Arthur Williamson -- Can one be a True Christian and a Faithful Follower of the Law of Moses? The Answer of John Dury / Richard H. Popkin -- "Ich will dich nach Holland schicken...": Amsterdam and the Reversion to Judaism of German-Jewish Converts / Elisheva Carlebach -- Judaizing in the Seventeenth Century: Francis Mercury van Helmont and Johann Peter Späth (Moses Germanus) / Allison P. Coudert -- Cartesianism, Skepticism and Conversion to Judaism. The Case of Aaron d'Antan / Martin Mulsow -- Lord George Gordon and Cabalistic Freemasonry: Beating Jacobite Swords into Jacobin Ploughshares / Marsha Keith Schuchard -- Index of Names / Martin Mulsow and Richard H. Popkin.