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

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 intellectua...

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Superior document:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 122
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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.
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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.