id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
grbs-1591	Dilley, Paul C.	The Invention of Christian Tradition: “Apocrypha,” Imperial Policy, and Anti-Jewish Propaganda	2010	30	.pdf	application/pdf	11106	380	49	The subsequent description of the conversion of Theodorus and several other Jews attributes it to an inevitable, divine power working for their benefit; Severus thus obfuscates force- ful intimidation by employing a rhetoric of the miraculous. This pamphlet is an apology for synagogue attacks and Jewish conversion, heavily based on a rhetoric of the miraculous, and carefully suggesting that the violent actions fell within the legal boundaries of the Christian Roman Em- pire, which however upheld the necessity of “voluntary” con- version despite increasing restrictions on Jews.	cache/grbs-1591.pdf	txt/grbs-1591.txt