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A member of the Greek Church, once addressed me in the following words:—“Do you know wherefore you have no longer a king of your own people? It is because you have rejected the faith of…
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Isaac Troki
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Altdorf, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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1593
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In this chapter, the prophet speaks mainly of life and spiritual death, and your scholars concede this, as is seen in Nicolão de Lira’s exposition on the same chapter. And thus, you await greater…
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Elijah Montalto
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Livorno, Duchy of Tuscany
(Livorno, Italy)
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Early 17th Century
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I am very much astonished at all the writers who have argued with the wise men of the Christians, and who have recorded their arguments in books. I have not found within them a decisive…
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Joshua Segre
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Scandiano, Duchy of Modena
(Scandiano, Italy)
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1733
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The ten halakhic questions raised by a certain individual directed against the Oral Law, and several of the commentaries upon it, have reached us. I have not needed to carry out a great deal of…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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1619
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Genesis 1:26. Let us make man in our image, as our likeness.
Genesis 9:6. For in the image of God made he man.
Deuteronomy 4:15. And guard ye your souls greatly, for ye saw no manner of…
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Menasseh Ben Israel
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1633
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On the ban pronounced at a gathering of some members of the community in the city of Constantinople, together with some town representatives, in the synagogue of the community of Constantinople. It…
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Blasio Ugolino, Giovanni Cattini, Elijah Mizraḥi
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1500
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The polemical Judeo-Spanish work (written in Hebrew characters) Fuente clara (Clear Fountain; drawing on Psalm 84) was published in Salonika. Its anonymous author, a philosopher and physician…
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Unknown
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1595
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The Lord spoke once more to His beloved people on the occasion of our teacher Moses wishing to see His divine glory: no man shall…
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Isaac Orobio de Castro
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1670
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One must not close one’s ears to the heretic, as the orthodox can easily open his eyes. For this reason, pressure and punishment should never be used against any religion. Debates are useful. But…
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Abraham Gómez Silveira
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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End of the 17th or Beginning of the 18th Century
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Before we write the answers to the wise man’s questions we will cite the questions he posed in his writings, so that the answers can be positioned opposite the…
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Mordechai ben Nisan
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Kukizav, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kukeziv, Ukraine)
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17th or 18th Century