Talk:The Mask of Nostradamus

Jewish

JJay wrote "our article on Nostradamus says he's not Jewish" [1], but that is wrong. The Nostradamus article cleary says his family was Jewish. I believe this editor is upset about Wikipedia:Requests for comment/JJay more than anything. FGT2 17:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

• Kindly restrict your comments to editing this article or they will be removed per WP:TALK. The Nostradamus article says that Nostradamus's family converted before he was born. Therefore, Nostradamus was not jewish. In addition, why are you removing the sources tag from this article? At present, the article has no neutral third party sources not connected with Randi. The sources tag is warranted. --JJay 19:30, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Being Jewish is not just about religion. In fact, some Jews are Christians, and thus it is not a contradiction.[2] Deal with your RfC before making any more reverts. Arbustoo 03:55, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

• The claim that Nostradamus was Jewish is contradicted by Randi, our article on Nostradamus and the historical record. Having Jewish roots does not make someone Jewish (if it did, we could describe John Kerry as being Jewish). Nostradamus' grandfather converted 50 years before Nostradamus was born. We can not make the claim that Nostradamus was jewish without a serious source. Find that source or remove the section. --JJay 11:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

• 1) Having a Jewish grandfather, makes one at least a quarter Jewish. 2) You are given a source, Rand's book: "He was already under suspicion, because only two generations earlier the Notredames had been the Gassonets, a Jewish family that had converted to Catholicism under pressure."[3] 3) The wikipedia article says "The latter's family had originally been Jewish, but Jaume's father, Guy Gassonet, had converted to Catholicism in around 1455..." (that's what Randi said.) 4) A Jewish family, Christian converts. Arbustoo 13:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

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Rewriting this page

Hello everyone, I intend to rewrite this page in the next month or so, as it is currently too sparse. If anyone sees this, please let me know if there is anything you would like me to add to the page. BertrandMarx (talk) 08:13, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Update: finished a complete rewrite. I provided background material, a synopsis, and all the reviews I could find of the book. BertrandMarx (talk) 06:48, 21 December 2022 (UTC)