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The Incident at Inmestar: Jews and Christians at the Beginning of the Fifth Century

Publication date: 07.11.2014

Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia, 2014, Volume 12, pp. 47 - 57

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843925SJ.14.004.2810

Authors

Krystyna Stebnicka
University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland
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The Incident at Inmestar: Jews and Christians at the Beginning of the Fifth Century

Abstract

At the end of the fourth century and beginning of the fifth century AD, there were numerous acts of violence between Christians and Jews. This background exposes the especially interesting, isolated message of Socrates Scholasticus concerning the events at Inmestar in Syria (HE VII 16), where some drunken Jews murdered a Christian boy. Although many details of Socrates’ narrative seem unclear, it appears that the murder itself did not occur on the occasion of the feast of Purim, as was often assumed in the older literature concerning this topic. Consequently, the event is further proof of the local conflicts between believers of the two religions.
 

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Information: Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia, 2014, Volume 12, pp. 47 - 57

Article type: Original article

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The Incident at Inmestar: Jews and Christians at the Beginning of the Fifth Century

English:

The Incident at Inmestar: Jews and Christians at the Beginning of the Fifth Century

Authors

University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Published at: 07.11.2014

Article status: Open

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Krystyna Stebnicka (Author) - 100%

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