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The Scholastics and the Jews: Coexistence, Conversion, and the Medieval Origins of Tolerance

The Scholastics and the Jews: Coexistence, Conversion, and the Medieval Origins of Tolerance

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Dr. Mazzi appeared on Dr. Taylor Marshall's show ("Is Benedict XVI still the Pope? Did Pope Benedict XVI Fully Resign the Papacy or Just a Part of It?").

The word "Dominican" appears in this book 228×!


It has become commonplace in medieval studies to speak of the "formation of a persecuting society" in medieval Catholic Europe. The Scholastics and the Jews, however, marks a major historiographical revision. Ed Mazza identifies the origins of missionary overtures to non-believers not so much with the drive for homogeneity as for holiness.