Connecting the covenants: Judaism and the search for Christian identity in eighteenth-century England

Covenants connected and unconnected : David Nieto and his Anglican adversaries, Humphrey Prideaux and Moses Marcus -- Moses Marcus's conversion to Christianity -- The career of Moses Marcus in London : an expert on Judaism and a defender of religious orthodoxy -- Restoring the "true text&q...

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Main Author: Ruderman, Daṿid 1944- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia, Pa. University of Pennsylvania Press 2007
In:Year: 2007
Series/Journal:Jewish culture and contexts
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Marcus, Moses 1701-
B Great Britain / Jews / Conversion (Religion) / History 1714-1750
IxTheo Classification:CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
Further subjects:B Christian Hebraists (England) History 18th century
B Judaism Relations Christianity History 18th century
B Judaism (Christian theology) History of doctrines
B Christian converts from Judaism (England) Biography
B Christianity and other religions Judaism History 18th century
B Church of England Clergy History 18th century
B Marcus, Moses (1701-)
B Jewish learning and scholarship (England) History 18th century
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Summary:Covenants connected and unconnected : David Nieto and his Anglican adversaries, Humphrey Prideaux and Moses Marcus -- Moses Marcus's conversion to Christianity -- The career of Moses Marcus in London : an expert on Judaism and a defender of religious orthodoxy -- Restoring the "true text" of the Old Testament : William Whiston and his critics, Johann Carpzov and Moses Marcus -- Anthony Collins's attack on William Whiston : could the rabbis ultimately rescue Christianity from its own exegetical crisis? -- On the proper education of an English divine : William Wotton and his learned friends
ISBN:0812240162