Re: Edict of toleration

2004-11-28 Thread Mark A. Foster
Hi, Sam, At 10:09 PM 11/27/2004, you wrote: Admittedly I'm being rather lazy and I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me regarding the Edict of Toleration allegedly signed in 1844, mentioned by William Sears. I was surprised to read Russ Williams' (a Christian attacking the Faith)

Re: Edict of toleration

2004-11-28 Thread abha kingdom
Thanks Susan, The significance ofWS's edict was that itallowed Jews to return to the Holy Land, rather than just practise their faith. Are you saying that the reply from the public record office to the "researcher" (?Sours) referred to an edict which did not state this?[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Edict of toleration

2004-11-28 Thread Mark A. Foster
Hi, Sam, At 09:44 AM 11/28/2004, you wrote: I don't think anyone will disagree that TITN could do with a rewrite (I wish someone would!) If someone rewrote _Thief in the Night_, it would no longer be _Thief in the Night_. The major problem with the book is not its factual errors; it is

Re: Edict of toleration

2004-11-28 Thread Smaneck
In a message dated 11/28/2004 10:17:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The significance of WS's edict was that it allowed Jews to return to the Holy Land, rather than just practise their faith. Are you saying that the reply from the public record office to the "researcher"

Re: Edict of toleration

2004-11-28 Thread Smaneck
In a message dated 11/28/2004 10:45:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He states in TITN that he secured and studied copies of original documents and letters. Did he actually say he made *this* bit up? Dear Sam, He doesn't say he read the original edict itself, though I

Re: Edict of toleration

2004-11-28 Thread John Bromberek
Greetings Sam, At 10:09 PM 11/27/2004, you wrote: I did find on the globalperspectives website the following mention of the Edict: The Edict of Toleration. In that book and several others written by both Bahá’í and non-Bahá’í authors, that document was overrated. Now the good news. We

Re: Edict of toleration

2004-11-28 Thread Susan Maneck
There had been some Jews there all along. However, the policy of the Porte was to allow no NEW Jewish settlers in Palestine lest they be inundated with Jewish settlers. Dear Scott, That policy doesn't appear until around 1904. The impulse to immigrate to Palestine doesn't begin until the very

Re: Edict of toleration

2004-11-28 Thread Popeyesays
In a message dated 11/28/2004 1:26:00 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Scott,That policy doesn't appear until around 1904. The impulse to immigrate toPalestine doesn't begin until the very end of the 19th century with TheodorHerzl's zionism which held that