The fate of the gentiles

Date

2021

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Nextbook

YU Faculty Profile

Abstract

Why did Medieval Jews envision diving punishment of Christians at the end of days? Surprisingly, it's not just because Christians were always trying to kill them.

Description

Journal article

Keywords

gentiles, end of days, polemical literature, Sefer Nizzahon Yashan, apocalypse, Disputation of Paris, Redemption --Judaism., Avraham Grossman, Sefer Yosef ha-Meqanne, Joseph Kimhi, Milhemet Mizvah, conversion, Noahide code

Citation

Berger, B. (22 October 2021). The fate of the gentiles.Tablet Magazine.