Henry Jessey and conservative millenarianism in seventeenth century - England and Holland
TítuloHenry Jessey and conservative millenarianism in seventeenth century - England and Holland
Autor
Call number949.2004924/0004
Número del objeto09877e
Lugar de publicaciónJerusalem
EditorialHebrew University
Año de publicación
1989
Paginaciónpp.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
Descripción
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.