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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I do not have a text, but I'll be that neither does anyone have a text saying that they didn't. Given the millieu and the text you provided I was only saying "perhaps." I make a lot of generalizations and I always try to make of a point of attaching a "perhaps" because "perhaps" I am wrong. Sorry, no I can't cite a text. I've met my limitation. I do not read even the simplest Turkish. --V. K. > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:26:05 -0800> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [M-R] Witchcraft> To: [log in to unmask]> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture> > I asked specifically about Jews under Ottoman rule. I have a resident > reader of Arabic, Aramaic, Persian, Ottoman, Turkish, & Hebrew.> > DW> > > > > V. Kerry Inman wrote:> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture> > >> > > Do you mean to say that Jews under Ottoman rule would have had the> > > option of doing their own burnings?> > >> > > DW> >> > Yes, the very text from which the execution of a Priest's wife is said > > to have been done by molten lead, was used by a former Rabbinics > > professor of mine to prove that he Jews had the option to execute even > > at the time of Christ. Other texts indicate that this authority > > continued to later times. This is contrary to what is usually believed > > to be the reason why the Jews brought Jesus to Pilate and Herod. I > > would have to dig up dusty notes from the attic, but could, if you > > wanted the texts. But then again they are in postbiblical Hebrew and > > Aramaic.> > > > --V. K. Inman > > **********************************************************************> To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME> to: [log in to unmask]> To send a message to the list, address it to:> [log in to unmask]> To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion> to: [log in to unmask]> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:> [log in to unmask]> For further information, visit our web site:> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html