Henry Jessey and conservative millenarianism in seventeenth century - England and Holland
TitelHenry Jessey and conservative millenarianism in seventeenth century - England and Holland
Forfatter
Call number949.2004924/0004
Objektnummer09877e
UdgivelsesstedJerusalem
UdgiverHebrew University
Udgivelsesår
1989
Pagineringpp.75-93
MaterialeArticle
ISBN9023223438
NoterArticle 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
Beskrivelse
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.