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1. Whenever the term idolaters appears, and it is not clearly referring…
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Domenico Gerosolomitano
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1596
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One day, I was reading a certain book, which contained eight commentaries on the Song of Songs. More precious than pearls they are; all of their commentaries are sapphires, the words of the living God…
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Isaac Akrish
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1575–1578
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The earth made noise as did the heavens, and the doorposts are shaking at the voice crying out that it would be wrong to publish hidden and sealed materials and to break through the fence established…
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Isaac de Lattes
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Pesaro, Duchy of Urbino
(Pesaro, Italy)
Date:
1558
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PrefaceSince through the good Hand of GOD upon me, he has not only taken Moses’s Vail from me, but even has Placed me in his Service, i.e. to Teach and Promote the Knowledge of the Hebrew Tongue at…
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Judah Monis
Places:
Boston, Kingdom of Great Britain
(Boston, United States of America)
Date:
1735
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I printed my book [Leḥem Yehudah] in Venice at the beginning of for the Almighty Shadai [in gematria = 1553] has dealt very bitterly with me (Ruth 1:20) and the ruler of Rome [the Pope] decreed that…
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Moses Maimonides, Cornelio Adelkind, Judah Lerma
Places:
Sabbioneta, Republic of Venice
(Sabbioneta, Italy)
Date:
1554