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111MIXED MARRIAGE, INTERMARRIAGE — The terms intermarriage and mixed marriage are used interchangeably. Intermarriage in the present context is defined as a marriage where one partner professes a religion different from that of his spouse. Marriages in which a partner has… …
112POTOCKI, VALENTINE — (Abraham ben Abraham; d. 1749), Polish count martyred as a proselyte. According to legend, Potocki, a gifted scion of the celebrated Potocki family, while studying in Paris became friendly with Zaremba, another young Polish aristocrat. Once,… …
113RAHAB — (Heb. רָחָב), the prostitute (Heb. zonah – see below), mentioned in the Book of Joshua as a central figure in Joshua s conquest of Jericho (Josh. 2–6). When Joshua sent two of his men to Jericho on a reconnaissance mission, they came to the house …
114STRANGERS AND GENTILES — Ancient Israel was acquainted with two classes of strangers, resident aliens and foreigners who considered their sojourn in the land more or less temporary. The latter were referred to as zarim (זָרִים) or nokhrim (נָכְרִים), terms generally… …
115Unproselyte — Un*pros e*lyte, v. t. [1st pref. un + proselyte.] To convert or recover from the state of a proselyte. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …
116Christianity and antisemitism — Antisemitism Part of Jewish history …
117Religious conversion — The Conversion of Saint Paul, a 1600 painting by Italian artist Caravaggio (1571–1610) Part of a series on the Religious conversion Types …
118Jewish philosophy — Jewish theology redirects here. Philosophy and Kabbalah are two common approaches to Jewish theology Part of a series on …
119Jewish Christians — (sometimes called also Hebrew Christians or Christian Jews ) is a term which can have two meanings, a historical one and a contemporary one. Both meanings are discussed below. Jewish origin of Christianity The term Early Jewish Christians is… …
120List of West European Jews — Apart from France, established Jewish populations exist in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. With the original medieval populations wiped out by the Black Death and the pogroms that followed it, the current Dutch and… …
