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Severus of Minorca

By Severo

Severus of Minorca

By Severo

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This book provides an edited text, introduction, and the first English 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, allegedly under the influence of St. Stephen's relics. Although ostensibly a hagiographical work, the Letter is fundamentally an anti-Jewish document, and therein lies its interest for historians. It offers a fascinating perspective on Jewish-Christian relations in a Mediterranean town, and on the motives for religious intolerance in the unsettled age of the Germanic invasions. In addition, its wealth of information about a diaspora Jewish community in the Western empire makes it unique among the surviving sources.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
160
Release Date:
1996-10-24
Publication Date:
1996-08-29
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198267649
ISBN13:
9780198267645
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
341 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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