Jewish Conversion in the Riots of 1391: The Legal Justification
This study presents the halakhic rulings that preceded the riots of 1391 in Spain and provided the moral infrastructure that allowed the conversion to Catholicism of Rabbi Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet (known by the acronym Rivash) and many other Jews. Rivash was willing broadly to define duress, which e...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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The review of rabbinic Judaism
Year: 2022, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 236-255 |
Further subjects: | B
martyrdom in Judaism
B Shlomo ben Avraham ibn Aderet B Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet B Ferrant Martínez B Forced Conversion |
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