Language:
English
Year of publication:
2014
Titel der Quelle:
Jews in Early Christian Law
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2014) 195-209
Keywords:
Jews History 7th century
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism
;
Jewish literature History and criticism
;
Antisemitism History 7th century
;
Jews Legal status, laws, etc. To 1500
;
History
;
Visigoths History
Abstract:
During the Visigothic Kingdom, there is reliable evidence for the existence of Jewish scriptural books (codices) and Jewish extra-biblical literature. It is not known whether these books were written in Latin or Hebrew. The limited Jewish epigraphy from this period allows us to suppose that the regular language used by the Spanish Jews was Latin, but the private and clandestine liturgy (hidden from the authorities) might have preserved some Hebrew ritualized words. In the 7th century, the Christian authorities set out to eradicate this written cultural legacy by means of anti-Jewish regulations and legal documents (professiones fidei or placita), which forbade Jews, and also converted Jews, to use and transmit this kind of godless literature "in which it is argued wickedly against the Christian faith".
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