Henry Jessey and conservative millenarianism in seventeenth century - England and Holland
TitleHenry Jessey and conservative millenarianism in seventeenth century - England and Holland
Author
Call number949.2004924/0004
Object number09877e
Place of publicationJerusalem
PublisherHebrew University
Year of publication
1989
Physical descriptionpp.75-93
MaterialArticle
ISBN9023223438
NotesArticle from Dutch Jewish History: Proceeding of the Fourth Symposium on the History of the Jews in the Netherlands 7-10 December -Tel-Aviv- Jerusalem, 1986 vol II, pp.75-93
Description
In the 17th century, the Netherlands was known for it tolerant attitude to a wide variety of religions. Henry Jessey was a founding father of the English Baptist movement and was deeply involved with both Jews and religious extremists in England and Holland. Jessy had previously only been known as the author of the narrative of the Whitehall Conference called by Oliver Cromwell in 1655 to discuss the readmission of the Jews to England.