tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post6353551608084921762..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: ConversosDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-89829782517339139452010-07-29T14:39:16.208-07:002010-07-29T14:39:16.208-07:00David,
Conversos is the exact correct word. And, ...David,<br /><br />Conversos is the exact correct word. And, one might read the debates that occurred in 15th Century Spain regarding whether Jews could, in fact, ever really become Christians. On this, I highly recommend - and have before - <i>The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth Century Spain</i>, by Benzion Netanyahu. One can disagree with Professor Netanyahu, but it is difficult to disagree with facts that he uncovered in the form of whole reams of debates justifying and opposing the Conversos, arguing, based on Christian texts, that Jews were capable of becoming Christian and Jews were not capable of becoming Christian. It is all depressingly, so so very <a href="http://georgiarambler.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/the-origins-of-the-inquisition-in-15th-century-spain-by-b-netanyahu/" rel="nofollow">human</a>.N. Friedmannoreply@blogger.com