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May 21, 2012 · On the day marking the 508th anniversary of the explorer's death, scholars have claimed there is compelling evidence that suggests Christopher Columbus was secretly Jewish and that he hid his true ...
May 19, 2012 · Was Columbus a Secret Jew? May 19, 2012. Many scholars, including Stanford's cultural anthropologist Carol Delany, conclude that Columbus was a deeply religious man whose purpose was to sail to Asia to obtain gold in order to finance a crusade to take back Jerusalem and rebuild the Jews' holy Temple.
Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (18) From the time of its discovery, America has been a haven for Europe's oppressed and persecuted. In 1492, the same year that Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World, the Spanish Inquisition reached its apogee. Spain expelled its Jews, and, five years later, Portugal followed suit.
May 20, 2012 · Columbus's voyage was not, as is commonly believed, funded by the deep pockets of Queen Isabella, but rather by two Jewish Conversos and a Jew. Louis de Santangel and Gabriel Sanchez advanced an interest free loan of 17,000 ducats from their own pockets to help pay for the voyage, as did Don Isaac Abrabanel, rabbi and Jewish statesman.
Jews and the Dissemination of Geographical Knowledge. The arrival in the West Indies of the three ships of Columbus is variously understood as a triumph for Spaniards, Genoese, Italians, or for Europe as a whole, but the entire endeavor rests upon a foundation of Islamic, Jewish, and Classical science. In particular, Abraham Zacuto developed ...
Jul 7, 1977 · This book tries to claim Jewish ancestry for Christopher Columbus, but it only has conjectures based upon limited circumstantial evidence. Very little of this book discusses the evidence about a Jewish Columbus, because there is very little evidence, and instead the book mostly discusses the sociological and religious circumstances of Jews in Spain at the time Columbus was living in Spain, as ...
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- Jane Frances Amler
I decided to look into the possibility that Christopher Columbus may have been Jewish. On August 3, 1492, due to the Edict of Expulsion, all Jews were required to leave Spain. Boarding their vessels before midnight, and sailing one-half hour before sunrise, Columbus and his crew set out on his now-famous voyage. In 1492.
