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Severus of Minorca: Letter on the Conversion of the Jews
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Severus of Minorca: Letter on the Conversion of the Jews
Current price: $195.00
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Severus of Minorca: Letter on the Conversion of the Jews
Current price: $195.00
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This book provides an edited text, introduction, and translation of a central document in the history of religious coercion in late antiquity: Severus of Minorca's
Letter on the Conversion of the Jews
. The
Letter
describes the forced conversion of the Jews of Minorca to Christianity in AD 418. It offers a fascinating perspective on Jewish-Christian relations in a Mediterranean town, and on the motives for religious intolerance. In addition, its wealth of information about a diaspora Jewish community in the western empire makes it unique among surviving sources.
Letter on the Conversion of the Jews
. The
Letter
describes the forced conversion of the Jews of Minorca to Christianity in AD 418. It offers a fascinating perspective on Jewish-Christian relations in a Mediterranean town, and on the motives for religious intolerance. In addition, its wealth of information about a diaspora Jewish community in the western empire makes it unique among surviving sources.
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