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A Short Note on the Doctrina Jacobi Nuper Baptizati

van der Horst, Pieter·2009·Zutot
DOI 10.1163/187502109790212989
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After his reconquest of Jerusalem from Persians in the year 630 CE, the Byzantine emperor Heraclius (610-641) issued an order for compulsory baptism of the Jews in his empire. As a result of that understandable fear, Christian scholars began to instruct their coreligionists how Jews, after their compulsory baptism, could be talked out of their old beliefs and practices and be made sincere believers. A Christian document Teaching of Recently Baptized Jacob (Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati) written in late 630s or early 640s, in which one finds a fictional report of an internal Jewish debate about the credibility of the new faith that they have been compelled to adopt. The story, which is purportedly told by a newly baptized Jew named Joseph. This chapter outlines the contents and then raises the question of what we can learn from this text about the situation of the Jews in that crucial period.Keywords: Byzantine emperor Heraclius; Christian; compulsory baptism; Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati; Jews; Teaching of Recently Baptized Jacob

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Authors
van der Horst, P.
Venue
Zutot
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Published
2009
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
1-6
ISSN
  • 1571-7283 (ISSN-L)
  • 1875-0214
DOI
10.1163/187502109790212989
OpenAlex
W2029870054
Semantic Scholar
8d443469b46c8781302c63fd6b30e27fb60b75c0
Cited by
19
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0
Citations by year
2022: 1 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 1
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journal article
Language
en
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closed
Locations
Zutot (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Classics › Byzantine Studies and History
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Historical and Linguistic Studies
Keywords
Heraclius, Jewish-Christian relations, Byzantine Jews, Christian apologetics, late antique Judaism

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