In the second story of the first day, Nephilia tells the tale of a virtuous man who is begged to convert from the Jewish faith to the Christian religion. After visiting the corrupt clergy of Rome, he makes a surprising decision. Building off of the previous episode, Neiphila concentrates on the themes of virtue, faith, and organized religion. 

A heads up and a bit of a warning: the premise of Boccaccio's story is that everyone knows that that Jews need saving by Christians. That is obviously an anti-Semitic premise. We think that Nephilia's use of irony to reveal Christian hypocrisy balances out the story, and maybe even redeems it...but maybe not. 

Podcast intro: Karen Alvarado. Editing and Sound Design by Brady Marchand. Copy editing by Bob Jones, Ania Upstill, Karen Alvarado, and J.M. Meyer. Project manager: Celine Dirkes. Graphic design: Hannah Lang.

Music and SFX:

http://hebb.mit.edu/FreeMusic/jsbach_bwv996_01

http://hebb.mit.edu/FreeMusic/jsbach_bwv996_02

http://hebb.mit.edu/FreeMusic/jsbach_bwv996_03

http://hebb.mit.edu/FreeMusic/jsbach_bwv996_04

http://hebb.mit.edu/FreeMusic/jsbach_bwv996_05

http://hebb.mit.edu/FreeMusic/jsbach_bwv996_06

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