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The role of Jewish converts to Christianity (New Christians) and of Jewish traders was momentarily significant in Brazil [118] and the Christian inhabitants of Brazil were envious because the Jews owned some of the best plantations in the river valley of Pernambuco, and some Jews were among the leading slave traders in the colony.
Export of Christian slaves to non-Christian lands was often prohibited, for example at the Council of Koblenz (922) and the Council of London (1102). Slave ownership was not condemned in the same way, except that Jews, typically the only non-Christian group accepted in these societies, were forbidden to own Christian slaves.
In the 6th century, the Vatican promulgated the very first law against slavery, forbidding Jews from owning Christian slaves. Between the 7th and the 8th century France, the Vatican and the Carolingian Empire promulgated laws outlawing the enslavement of Christians and freeing Christian slaves across their territories.
A pamphlet entitled Bishop Hopkins Letter on Slavery Ripped Up and his Misuse of the Sacred Scriptures Exposed was written by an anonymous clergyman in 1863. In this pamphlet the author methodically opposes all of Hopkins’ points and either gives more evidence to show how he was wrong or gives another interpretation of the Hopkins’ evidence to prove the contrary.
Jewish participation in the slave trade itself was also regulated by the Talmud. Fear of apostasy lead to the Talmudic discouragement of the sale of Jewish slaves to non-Jews, [50] although loans were allowed; [51] similarly slave trade with Tyre was only to be for the purpose of removing slaves from non-Jewish religion. [52]
Jewish Christians continued to worship in synagogues together with contemporary Jews for centuries. [126] [127] [128] Some scholars have found evidence of continuous interactions between Jewish-Christian and Rabbinic movements from the mid-to late second century CE to the fourth century CE.
The International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) is an umbrella organisation of 38 national Jewish-Christian dialogue organisations worldwide, governed according to the principles of the Ten Points of the Seelisberg Conference, which was held in 1947 to explore the relationship basis of Christianity and antisemitism. The institute was ...
The Civil Code of Justinian tightened the regulations on the ownership of Christian slaves by non-Christians. It abolished compensation for illegal purchases of Christian slaves, and added a 30 lb gold fine for this offense. Jews owning Christian slaves during the time of Justinian could be punished by execution. [12]