‘Eser she’elot (Ten Questions)
Eliezer Eilburg
1575
Are we who are in this exile the people of Israel, that is, the worshipers of the God of Israel . . . essentially . . . or in . . . name only? . . . For it seems to me that we are not the people of Israel . . . except in name alone. Nor are we the worshipers of the God of Israel, that is, the God of the Hebrews, or under his guidance at all. . .…
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