Meshovah niz∙ ah∙ at: Jewish- Christian Polemics in Kaf naki by Rabbi Khalifa Ben-Malka of Agadir

• Published in: Jewish social studies Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 32 - 58
• Main Author: Ohana, Michal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press 01.01.2024
• Subjects: 16th century; 17th century; 18th century; Christian Islamic relations; Christianity; Christians; Clergy; Debates; Early modern period; History of ideas; Jewish people; Judaism; Middle Ages; Scientific discoveries; Sermons; Theology; Writing; Morocco; Portugal

The fifth part of Rabbi Khalifa Ben-Malka's Kaf naki (Clean Hand), Meshovah niẓaḥat (Triumphant Response) portrays a series of interreligious disputations that he conducted with Christian colleagues in Agadir during the first half of the eighteenth century. A study of Meshovah niẓaḥat reveals t...