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  • From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Columbus - off topic
  • Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 18:01:39 -0500


As I understand, he was a Marrano (secretly a Jew, to escape death)

shoshanna



Some may find it interesting to note, as I understand it, that some
believe that Columbus was a Sephardic Jew, who undertook the trip partly
to escape persecution.

Bill Ross
BillRoss AT norisksoftware.com






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