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The Hope of Israel (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)
Menasseh Ben-Israel
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Description for The Hope of Israel (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)
Paperback. Includes an introduction and notes which place the work in the intellectual context of its time. Editor(s): Mechoulan, Henri; Nahon, Gerard. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 436.
When The Hope of Israel was translated into English in 1652, its argument from Scripture that messianic redemption would not come to the Jewish people until they were scattered in all the corners of the Earth aroused great interest and played an instrumental part in the discussions in the Commonwealth under Cromwell which eventually led to the readmission of the Jews in 1656. This edition of that English text includes an introduction and notes which place the work in the intellectual context of its time.
When The Hope of Israel was translated into English in 1652, its argument from Scripture that messianic redemption would not come to the Jewish people until they were scattered in all the corners of the Earth aroused great interest and played an instrumental part in the discussions in the Commonwealth under Cromwell which eventually led to the readmission of the Jews in 1656. This edition of that English text includes an introduction and notes which place the work in the intellectual context of its time.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904113201
SKU
V9781904113201
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About Menasseh Ben-Israel
Henri Mechoulan is Director of Research at the Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique, Paris. Gerard Nahon is Director of Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sciences Religieuses), Paris.
Reviews for The Hope of Israel (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)
'The editors are to be commended not merely for their editions of the text, but more specifically for their most informative and detailed introduction. Its ninety-five pages provide a scholarly but immensely readable background to Menasseh's life and times.' Jewish Chronicle 'Doubly welcome. The editors' introduction is admirable in its elucidation of Menasseh's life and times, the Marrano ... Read more