Secret Conversions to Judaism in Early Modern Europe (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
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Book Description
This volume deals with conversions to Judaism from the 16th to the 18th century. It provides six case studies by leading international scholars on phenomena as crypto-Judaism, "judaizing", reversion of Jewish-Christian converts and secret conversion of non-Jewish Christians for intellectual reasons. The first contributions examine George Buchanan and John Dury, followed by three studies of the milieu of late seventeenth-century Amsterdam. The last essay is concerned with Lord George Gordon and Cabbalistic Freemasonry. The contributions will be of interest for intellectual historians, but also historians of political thought or Jewish studies.
About the Author
Martin Mulsow, Dr. (1987) in Philosophy, University of Munich, is Privatdozent at the University of Munich. Habilitation (2000) with a book Moderne aus dem Untergrund. Radikale Frühaufklärung in Deutschland 1680-1720 (Meiner, 2001). Further books on Renaissance Philosophy, Enlightenment, and the Republic of Letters.
R.H. Popkin, Ph.D. (1950), Columbia, is Professor Emeritus at Washington University, St. Louis, and Professor Emeritus in History and Philosophy, U.C.L.A. He is the author and editor of over 30 books and 300 articules, including The History of Scepticism (1st edition 1960, 5th edition 1979, forthcoming edition 2002).
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