Severus of Minorca: Letter on the Conversion of the Jews

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.


Author: Severus of Minorca
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 10/24/1996
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.72w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780198267645

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