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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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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The review of rabbinic Judaism
Ano: 2022, Volume: 25, Número: 2, Páginas: 236-255 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | 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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| Resumo: | 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 exempts one from halakhic obligations. The rulings Rivash attributed to Rabbi Shlomo ben Avraham ibn Aderet (known by the acronym Rashba) – that the commandment “He shall live by them” applies even when a Jew is forced under the threat of death to abandon his faith and that the choice of martyrdom is a secondary religious commandment – were both revolutionary statements. They provided legitimacy to the religious elite – and, as a matter of course, to the simple folk – to choose life, even if it required converting to Christianity. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0704 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: The review of rabbinic Judaism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700704-12341399 |