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Solomon Molcho
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “brilliant portuguese mystic and pseudomessiah”. Today it says “portuguese jewish mystic and messiah claimant”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “16th century Jewish Portuguese mystic”. It now reads “16th-century Jewish Portuguese mystic”.
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Solomon Molcho ( Shelomo Molkho ), or Molkho , originally Diogo Pires (c. 1500 – 13 December 1532) was a Portuguese Jewish mystic and messiah claimant .1 When he met with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to urge the creation of a Jewish army, the emperor turned him over to the Inquisition and he was burned at the stake . Yosef Eisen, Miraculous journey: a complete history of the Jewish people from Creation to the present , Targum Press , Southfield, MI, 2004, p216.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “brilliant portuguese mystic and pseudomessiah”. Today it says “portuguese jewish mystic and messiah claimant”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “16th century Jewish Portuguese mystic”. It now reads “16th-century Jewish Portuguese mystic”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
brilliant portuguese mystic and pseudomessiah
Now
portuguese jewish mystic and messiah claimant
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