The Jewish-Christian Polemics in the Sermons of R. Shaul Serero of Fes (1566–1655)

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ID21245178
AuthorsMichal Ohana, Michal A Ohana (0009-0007-8007-0154, Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume6
Pages124-161
Publication date2018-04-17
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEntangled Religions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2363-6696 • E-ISSN: 2363-6696
PublisherUniversitatsbibliothek der Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.46586/er.v6.2018.124-161
OpenAlexW4237120861
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

R. Shaul Serero (1566–1655) served as the chief rabbi of Fes during the first half of the seventeenth century. Serero repeatedly devoted his annual sermons on the Sabbath preceding Passover to clarifying various aspects of the concept of redemption, one of the main subjects of the Jewish-Christian polemic. A review of these sermons reveals that Serero found it necessary to examine and refute the Christian dogma on three separate occasions on the Sabbath before Passover, in 1603, 1607, and 1611. Serero adopted and applied arguments from the traditional Sephardic polemics literature but adapted, edited, and expanded these arguments to shape the most appropriate argument

Art · Judaism · Literature · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Medicine · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious studies

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