tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264704735787512931.post3587572586967546105..comments2023-10-22T09:35:52.252-04:00Comments on FestungArnulfinger: Eucharistic Crimes and MisdemeanorsThe Dutchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634052176803455348noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264704735787512931.post-60486702864713960432008-09-11T13:54:00.000-04:302008-09-11T13:54:00.000-04:30Maybe my memory is foggy on this point, but I seem...<I>Maybe my memory is foggy on this point, but I seem to recall that Roman law (long before there were any Muslims) also ordered Jews to wear some sort of distinctive marking.</I><BR/><BR/>Remember "Roman Law" remained in force right through the Middle Ages in most parts of France, Italy, and Spain, so even though "Roman Law" required distinctive clothing, it might not have been the Ancient Romans who put that through. None the less, this idea interested me and so I did a quick Google search. This is what I came up with:<BR/><BR/><I>As for the everyday appearance of ordinary Jews, ancient gentile writers know nothing of distinctive Jewish clothing or hair style. In Poland two hundred years ago, you could identify Jews on the basis of their clothing, but in Rome two thousand years ago you apparently could not: you had to wait till Jews (at least Jewish men) entered the bathhouse and took their clothing off.</I><BR/><BR/>That's from "Ancient Jews, Ancient Gentiles, and Modern Scholars: Current Issues in the Study of Early Judaism"<BR/>http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/jewish/30yrs/goldenberg/index.htmlThe Dutchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634052176803455348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264704735787512931.post-38877222207707910672008-09-11T13:37:00.000-04:302008-09-11T13:37:00.000-04:30For the record, we should also point out that thes...<I>For the record, we should also point out that these injunctions against the Jews were a Christian incorporation of Moslem practice. Moslems had since the days of the Prophet segregated every society they controlled by forcing non-believers to wear distinctive badges, hats, or medallions, and it was only for a brief time that the Church required this.</I><BR/><BR/>Maybe my memory is foggy on this point, but I seem to recall that Roman law (long before there were any Muslims) also ordered Jews to wear some sort of distinctive marking.John Jansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241558776415884637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264704735787512931.post-84567001115606069722008-09-06T12:59:00.000-04:302008-09-06T12:59:00.000-04:30I read this recently in The Wanderer, that Albert ...I read this recently in The Wanderer, that Albert Einstein said the following in the December 23, 1940 issue of Time magazine:<BR/><BR/>"Only the Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler's campaign for suppressing the truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom. I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly."<BR/><BR/>But I dunno, maybe Einstein's not intelligent or Jewish enough for PZ Myers.solarpowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974321926426768382noreply@blogger.com