From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an illuminating biography of the great Amsterdam rabbi and celebrated popularizer of Judaism in the seventeenth century Menasseh ben Israel (1604-1657) was among the most accomplished and cosmopolitan rabbis of his time, and a pivotal intellectual figure in early modern Jewish history. He was one of the three rabbis of the "Portuguese Nation" in Amsterdam, a community that quickly earned renown...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0300224109
ISBN13:9780300224108
Release Date:August 2018
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 8.3"
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