A Comparative Analysis of <i>Berith</i> and the Sacrament of Baptism and How They Contributed to the Inquisition
In 1391 Spanish Jews were forcibly converted to Catholic Christianity, and Portuguese Jews suffered the same fate in 1497. Jewish law rendered involuntary converts as <i>anusim</i> and voluntary converts as <i>meshumadim</i>. Christians without Jewish ancestry called them by...
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MDPI AG
2021-05-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/5/346 |