UID:
almafu_9959240080602883
Format:
1 online resource (247 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-46710-X
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9786610467105
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1-4237-1214-5
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90-474-0184-0
Series Statement:
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 122
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Preliminary Material /
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Introduction /
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George Buchanan, Crypto-Judaism, and the Critique of European Empire /
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Can one be a True Christian and a Faithful Follower of the Law of Moses? The Answer of John Dury /
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"Ich will dich nach Holland schicken...": Amsterdam and the Reversion to Judaism of German-Jewish Converts /
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Judaizing in the Seventeenth Century: Francis Mercury van Helmont and Johann Peter Späth (Moses Germanus) /
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Cartesianism, Skepticism and Conversion to Judaism. The Case of Aaron d'Antan /
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Lord George Gordon and Cabalistic Freemasonry: Beating Jacobite Swords into Jacobin Ploughshares /
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Index of Names /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-04-12883-2
Language:
English
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