Severus of Minorca: Letter on the Conversion of the Jews (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198267645)

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
ISBN-10: 0198267649
ISBN-13: 9780198267645
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 10/24/1996
Pages: 154
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.72w x 0.65d