The Converso as subversive: Jewish traditions or Christian libel?

Examines the view of Jewish converts as emissaries to the non-Jews, sent by God to teach the non-Jews about Judaism and to help the Jews in times of trouble, as explicated by Don Isaac Abravanel (adapted from Maimonides), and by rabbis in the 16th-17th centuries. This view sees Conversos as important and necessary for the Jewish people to advance in the Christian and Muslim worlds and to bring them to recognize the one and only God as the Jews see and worship Him. There are philosophical and mythological texts describing Christians and Muslims (from the foundation of their religions and through the Middle Ages) as such secret convert-emissaries. Discusses, in particular, the text of "Toledot Yeshu" ("The Life of Jesus").