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7 February 1413 Joshua HaLorki launches the Tortosa Disputation #otdimjh

Posted on February 7, 2016 by richardsh

7 February 1413 Joshua HaLorki launches the Tortosa Disputation Bernstein waxes lyrical and gives an uncritical account of this infamous disputation and its consequences: Joshua Halorki was born in Spain in the latter part of the fourteenth century, at Lorca, … Continue reading →

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12 November 1414 Longest Medieval Disputation ends #otdimjh

Posted on November 12, 2015 by richardsh

Haim Beinart writes in Encyclopedia Judaica: The disputation held in Tortosa, in 1413–14 was the most important and longest of the Christian-Jewish disputations which were forced upon the Jews during the Middle Ages. It was apparently prompted by Gerónimo de Santa Fé (the … Continue reading →

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7 February 1413 Joshua HaLorki launches the Tortosa Disputation #otdimjh #onthisda

Posted on February 7, 2015 by richardsh

Bernstein waxes lyrical and gives an uncritical account of this infamous disputation and its consequences: Joshua Halorki was born in Spain in the latter part of the fourteenth century, at Lorca, in Murcia. He early distinguished himself as a subtle … Continue reading →

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#otdimjh 12 November 1414 Longest Medieval Disputation at Tortosa ends with memorandum of Rabbi Astruc

Posted on November 12, 2014 by richardsh

Haim Beinart writes in Encyclopedia Judaica: The disputation held in Tortosa, in 1413–14 was the most important and longest of the Christian-Jewish disputations which were forced upon the Jews during the Middle Ages. It was apparently prompted by Gerónimo de Santa Fé (the … Continue reading →

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