From Christianity to Judaism: The Story of Isaac Orobio de Castro [Hebrew]

by Yosef Kaplan

Book Overview

Isaac Orobio de Castro, a crypto-Jew from Portugal, was one of the most prominent intellectual figures of the Sephardi Diaspora in the seventeenth century. After studying medicine and theology in Spain, and having pursued a distinguished medical career, he was arrested by the Spanish Inquisition for practising Judaism, tortured, tired, and imprisoned. He subsequently emigrated to France and became a professor of medicine at the University of Toulouse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Hebrew
• ISBN: 1904113141
• ISBN13: 9781904113140
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.5"