Julian of Toledo, the Jews, and Judaism

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Published 20-01-2020
Céline Martin

Abstract

This paper discusses the relation between the works of Julian of Toledo (d. 690), the Jews, and the Jewish religion. Julian may have suffered from a twofold stigma: his Jewish familiar background, which quite apart of his Christian faith he must have perceived, as did the rest of Iberian society, as a real otherness, and his support to Count Ervig in overthrowing King Wamba in 680. His procedency as well as his treason could be a cause of torment to Julian, who played a major part in Ervig's anti-Jewish policy. In his historical works, "Jewish" and "traitor" are concepts deeply associated, which induces to take with caution the mentions he makes to the Jews of the Narbonensis province.

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