Record Number: 12196

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Eve Cohan is taken to church by her Christian music master to hear the organ; a New Testament is 'secretly conveyed to her' and 'she took great delight in reading in it', being 'mightily affected' with the story of the passion of Christ. She is converted and moves to England, pursued by fanatical Jews who seek her blood.

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1600 and 1 Jan 1680

Country:

Netherlands and England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Eve Cohan

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Dutch Jewish, coverted to Christianity

Country of Origin:

Netherlands

Country of Experience:

Netherlands and England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12196

Source:

Print

Author:

Bishop Gilbert Burnet

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The conversion and persecutions of Eve Cohan

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1680

Vol:

n/a

Page:

2-3

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Bishop Gilbert Burnet, The conversion and persecutions of Eve Cohan (London, 1680), p. 2-3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12196, accessed: 30 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None