Re: Proselytizing in Judaism
Bernard Laufer (seeker1@gte.net)
Thu, 25 Dec 1997 16:01:00 -0500
00srweintrob@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
<<I have read that the reason Jews stopped encouraging converts was quite
simple--under both Christian and Moslem kingdoms it was outlawed. Often
those who encouraged conversion and those who converted were put to death.
These laws lasted throughout the Middle Ages and often well beyond, long
enough for Jews to think it "traditional" not to evangelize.>>
It would be quite helpful if the writer were to list his/her sources so th
at one may examine the credentials of these eminent and erudite historians
on Judaism.
Indegator Veritas