| Severus of Minorca: Letter on the Conversion of the Jews Contributor(s): Severus of Minorca (Author), Bradbury, Scott (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198267649 ISBN-13: 9780198267645 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $185.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History - Biography & Autobiography - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 96033769 |
| Lexile Measure: 1710 |
| Series: Oxford Early Christian Texts |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.72" W x 8.82" (0.73 lbs) 154 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides an edited text, introduction, and 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. It offers a fascinating perspective on Jewish-Christian relations in a Mediterranean town, and on the motives for religious intolerance. In addition, its wealth of information about a diaspora Jewish community in the western empire makes it unique among surviving sources. |