Proselytizing in Judaism

00srweintrob@bsuvc.bsu.edu
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 20:16:30 -0500 (EST)

I have read that the reason Jews stopped encouraging converts was quite
simple--under both Christian and Moslem kingdoms it was outlawed. Often
those who encouraged conversion and those who converted were put to death.
These laws lasted throughout the Middle Ages and often well beyond, long
enough for Jews to think it "traditional" not to evangelize.