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This text reflects Elia Schadeus' position that economic tolerance of Jews and of converts would facilitate conversion to Christianity. It also documents the desperation felt by Jewish converts to Christianity, who had difficulty integrating into both their old and new societies.

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24-8-2004 8:01 AM

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24-8-2004 9:00 AM

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Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

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Elia Schadeus' Mysterium: About the Conversion of the Jews (1592)

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

This text reflects Elia Schadeus' position that economic tolerance of Jews and of converts would facilitate conversion to Christianity. It also documents the desperation felt by Jewish converts to Christianity, who had difficulty integrating into both their old and new societies.