Disputation of Barcelona

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The Disputation of Barcelona was a formal 1263 religious debate before King James I of Aragon between the Jewish scholar Nachmanides and the Christian convert Pablo Christiani over the messianic claims of Christianity and the interpretation of Jewish texts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interfaith dialogue
medieval religious controversy
public debate
religious disputation
aftermath censorship and scrutiny of Jewish texts in Aragon
chronology 13th century
consequence Disputation of Barcelona self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nachmanides forced to leave the Crown of Aragon

Nachmanides’ exile to the Land of Israel
date 1263
fieldOfStudy Christian theology
Jewish history
interreligious studies
hasSource Latin Christian records
account written by Nachmanides
heldBefore James I of Aragon
heldInCountry Kingdom of Aragon
historicalContext medieval Christian–Jewish relations
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
initiatedBy Pablo Christiani
jurisdiction Crown of Aragon
language Hebrew
Latin
location Barcelona
Crown of Aragon
mainDebater Moses ben Nahman
surface form: Nachmanides

Pablo Christiani
notableAspect focus on Talmudic passages about the Messiah
relative freedom granted to Jewish side to argue
royal audience present at the debate
organizedBy Order of Preachers
surface form: Dominican Order
participant Moses ben Nahman
surface form: Nachmanides

Pablo Christiani
presidedOverBy James I of Aragon
relatedConcept Jewish–Christian polemics
forced religious disputations
relatedEvent Disputation of Paris
religiousTraditionInvolved Christianity
Judaism
result Nachmanides permitted to speak relatively freely
subsequent condemnation of Nachmanides by church authorities
sponsoredBy James I of Aragon
tookPlaceUnderRuler James I of Aragon
topic interpretation of Jewish texts
messianic claims of Christianity
status of Jesus as Messiah
use of Talmudic and rabbinic sources
year 1263

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Nachmanides (Ramban) participatedIn Disputation of Barcelona
subject surface form: Nachmanides
Nachmanides (Ramban) dateOfEvent Disputation of Barcelona
subject surface form: Nachmanides
this entity surface form: Disputation of Barcelona, 1263
Disputation of Barcelona consequence Disputation of Barcelona self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nachmanides forced to leave the Crown of Aragon
Pablo Christiani knownFor Disputation of Barcelona
Pablo Christiani notableEvent Disputation of Barcelona
this entity surface form: Disputation of Barcelona (1263)
Moses ben Nahman participatedIn Disputation of Barcelona
Moses ben Nahman dateOfEvent Disputation of Barcelona
this entity surface form: Disputation of Barcelona, 1263