=Conversions, forced, of Jews to Islam=, by Omar, =3=, 120. decreed by Hakim, =3=, 247-8. in Morocco, =3=, 358-9. in northern Africa, =3=, 359-60. in Lucena, =3=, 311-12, 361. under Abdulmumen, =3=, 451-6. in Yemen, =3=, 461. Maimonides on, =3=, 462-4. _See also_ Apostasy; Apostates.
=Conversions, forced, of Jews to Magianism=, =2=, 629.
=Conversions to Judaism=, in Babylon, =1=, 338-9. under Zerubbabel, =1=, 356. made by Alexander Jannæus, =2=, 46. among the Romans under Tiberius, =2=, 136-7. among the heathen, =2=, 215-19, 383-5. among the Roman soldiers of Titus, =2=, 306. Tacitus and Josephus on, =2=, 384. forbidden by Antoninus Pius, =2=, 433. forbidden by Constantine, =2=, 562. among slaves forbidden, =2=, 564, 567-8, 615; =3=, 46. during the Persian occupation of Palestine, =3=, 21. forbidden by the councils of Orleans, =3=, 37. among the Arabs, =3=, 61-3. punishable with death by the code of Alfonso X, =3=, 595. _See also_ Circumcision; Proselytes.
=Conversions to Paganism= in Alexandria, =2=, 184.
=Converts, forced, to Christianity=, a menace to the Spanish Jews, =4=, 179. emigrate from Spain, =4=, 179. relapse into Jewish ceremonies, =4=, 180. _See_ Marranos, the.
=Converts, forced, to Judaism=, the Idumæans under John Hyrcanus, =2=, 8-9. the Ituræans and Trachonites under Aristobulus I, =2=, 37.
=Converts to Christianity=, cannot return to Judaism, =3=, 49-50, 306, 308. _See also_ Apostates; Christians, Judaizing; Marranos, the.
=Converts to Judaism.= _See_ Circumcision; Conversions to Judaism; Proselytes.
=Copenhagen=, the Jews of, persecuted, =5=, 531.
=Copia, Sarah.= _See_ Sullam, Sarah Copia.
=Copia, Simon=, father of Sarah Sullam, =5=, 69.
=Coponius=, first procurator of Judæa, =2=, 129. administration of, =2=, 135.
=Cordova=, ancient gateway in, =3=, 42. Jews masters of, =3=, 109. seat of a Talmud school, =3=, 210, 228, 236. birthplace of Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, =3=, 255. taken by Suleiman, =3=, 255, 262. medical school at, =3=, 261. home of the Albalias, =3=, 283. synagogues of, destroyed, =3=, 360. Talmud school of, destroyed, =3=, 384. taken by the Almohades, =3=, 447-8. the Inquisition in, =4=, 325. Jews disappear from, =4=, 354. exiles from, form a congregation in Constantinople, =4=, 402. disturbance in, caused by the Inquisition, =4=, 484. autos-da-fé in, =5=, 91, 92.