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Mahazik^{[ *]}Emunah,157 ;

argumentation in, 103 -114, 129

Marriage, Christian-Jewish, prohibited, 31

Mazah^{[ *]} , argumentation concerning, 151 -153

Mehokek^{[ *]} , Christological interpretation of, 121 , 123 -124

Meir ben Simon, rabbi, 49 , 50 . See also Milhemet^[*]Mizvah^[*]

Messiah, advent of: alternate argumentation on, 170 -172, 173 ;

Christian-Jewish argumentation concerning, 57 -59, 64 , 69 -70, 74 , 75 -76, 77 , 78 -82, 86 -88, 90 -96, 104 -108, 109 -113, 114 , 117 -118, 120 -129, 131 , 134 , 135 , 142 -145, 149 -150, 153 , 166 , 168 -169;

as core argument, 8 , 16 , 51 .

See also Jesus of Nazareth

Milhamot^[*]ha-Shem,165 ;

argumentation in, 19 -20

Milhemet Mizvah : on missionizing, 39 -44, 49 -51, 52 -66, 69 ;

on moneylending, 52

Military dominance, Christian, and religious truth, 18

Miracles, 130 -131;

prophetic fulfillment of, refuted, 56 -57

Mirror of the New Christians,166 -167

Missionizing campaign:

alternate interpretation of, 2 -3, 170 -176;

and anti-Jewish attitudes, 1 , 177 , 180 -181;

coercive, 4 , 15 , 35 , 37 , 38 -48, 49 , 52 , 83 , 84 ;

geographical center of, 4 -5;

goal of, 2 , 14 , 80 ;

to include gentiles, 8 -9, 10 , 28 -30;

lack of response to, 159 -160, 163 -165, 180 -181;

level of commitment to, 3 , 10 -13, 14 -21, 22 -24, 26 , 35 , 37 , 67 , 115 , 116 , 158 , 160 , 169 ;

prioritized targets of, 35 ;

role of converts in, 35 -36.

See also Aggadic texts, argumentation based on; Biblical interpretation, argumentative use of; Conversion of Jews; Rabbinic Texts, argumentation based on

Monasteries, compulsory sermons in, 46

Moneylending, disputed issue of, 18 , 32 , 49 , 52 , 60 , 71

Mordechai ben Joseph, rabbi, 137 , 157 -158;

argumentation of, 103 -114

Moses ben Nahman, rabbi, 88 -89, 98 , 137 , 157 -158;

alternate view on, 171 -173;

on Christian rationality, 52 ;

on coercive missionizing, 43 , 44 ;

influence of, on Pugio Fidei,115 , 119 , 120 , 124 , 135 -136;

report of, on Barcelona confrontation, 71 -80 passim, 101 -103, 197 n. 40;

strategy of, in Barcelona confrontation, 89 -100.

See also Barcelona confrontation of 1263

Moses of Tordesillas, rabbi, argumentation of, 165 -166

Muslims, 5 , 12 , 27 -28, 58 , 64 , 141 ;

crusades against and missionizing among, 5 , 28 -30, 35 , 38 -39, 45 , 161 -163, 178 , 202 n. 13