CODEX THEODOSIANUS… 438 A.D.
This has four main areas of law: Judaism was recognised, injustice or violence against Jews was prohibited, anti-Christian practices by Jews were prohibited, and various restrictions were applied to the Jewish religion, viz : conversion to Judaism was forbidden, converts to Judaism were made intestate, proselytising by Jews was made a criminal act, the circumcision of slaves of Jewish owners was forbidden on pain of death, a later law forbade a Jew buying a Christian slave, the building and care of synagogues and the repair was made the subject of control, Jews were excluded from service in the army, civil administration and the law, marriages to Jews were treated as adulterous and therefore forbidden, Jews were not allowed asylum in any church, Jewish tribunals were allowed to make decisions only for religious disputes and not for civil matters.
Generally, Judaism was referred to as a superstition, or a wicked sect.
SOURCE: CODEX THEODOSIANUS, ed,. J. GOTHOFREDUS; LEIPZIG. WEIDMANN, 1736.
THE JUSTINIAN CODE ( 483-565 A.D.)
Jewish property rights and the right of entry to public offices were again severely limited, and Jews were not allowed to testify against Christians . By the Novella 146 (dated 553), the scriptures used in the synagogues were to be read in Greek, Latin or the vernacular,- not in Hebrew. The Mishnah was forbidden to be used. Those Jews who disbelieved in the resurrection, angels, or the last judgement were to be put to death !
SOURCE : PANDECTAE JUSTINIANEAE, ed. R.J. POTHIER, ( PARIS: BELIN-LEPRIEUR , 1818.)
TO BE CONTINUED….
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