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A Mariano Jew who returned to Judaism but was eventually excommunicated and committed suicide because of the severe punishment he endured.
Uriel da costa
Many Jews fled here when the inquisition started.
where is portugal?
A Jewish dialiect similar to Yiddish, first Used by Jews expelled from Spain.
What is ladino
Death of Uriel da costa
1640
A large fish that starts out very small
sunfish
brilliant Dutch philosopher son of a former Marrano from Portugal, excommunicated because of his heretical ideas, one of the earliest people to challenge the divinity of the tanach and the nature of hashem, a believer in pantheism.
Baruch Spinoza
a belief that there is no divine entity but rather that god is a sum of all that exist, all of nature.
pantheism
Life of spinoza
1632-1677
A flaming ball of gas in the sky
What is the sun
a Jew who claimed to be the brother of the king of Reuven, gad, and half of menashe, he tried to get the pope to create another crusade to liberate eretz yisroel, with the help of the Jews, with the understanding that the Jews would be able to settle in eretz yisroel. Initially he succesfully met with pope and European leaders, but later was arrested by Charles v and given over to the inquisition possible killed by them.
David reuvani
A secular analysis of tanach which attempts to discover how, and by whom the tanach was organized, it denies the idea that HaShem authored the tanach
Biblical criticism
Death of David reuvani
1538
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A Mariano Jew who became observant and claimed to be moshiac, (inspired by d.r.) died al kiddush hashem. He was arrested with d.r.
Shlomo molcho
the popes doctor who denounced shlomo molcho to the church as a heretical Christian.
Jacob Mantino