Title Menasseh ben Israel : rabbi of Amsterdam / Steven Nadler

Published New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations Series Jewish lives Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.) Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; 1. Prologue: On the Houtgracht; 2. Manoel/Menasseh; 3. On the Nieuwe Houtmarkt; 4. The Conciliator; 5. "I am not my own master; 6. The Hope of Israel; 7. The English Mission; 8. Denouement; Appendix: Menasseh ben Israel and Rembrandt; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z Summary 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 worldwide for its mercantile and scholarly vitality. Born in Lisbon, Menasseh and his family were forcibly converted to Catholicism but suspected of insincerity in their new faith. To avoid the horrors of the Inquisition, they fled first to southwestern France, and then to Amsterdam, where they finally settled. Menasseh played an important role during the formative decades of one of the most vital Jewish communities of early modern Europe, and was influential through his extraordinary work as a printer and his efforts on behalf of the readmission of Jews to England. In this lively biography, Steven Nadler provides a fresh perspective on this seminal figure Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 6, 2018) Subject Manasseh ben Israel, 1604-1657. Manasseh ben Israel, 1604-1657. Miḳṿeh Yiśraʼel. Manasseh ben Israel, 1604-1657 SUBJECT Miḳṿeh Yiśraʼel (Manasseh ben Israel) fast Subject Rabbis -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Biography Sephardim -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Biography Sephardim -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century Jews -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century Judaism -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century Jewish printers -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Biography Printing -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century Hebrew imprints -- Publishing -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History -- 17th century Crypto-Jews -- Iberian Peninsula -- History -- 16th century RELIGION -- Judaism -- General. Crypto-Jews Ethnic relations Hebrew imprints -- Publishing Jewish printers Jews Judaism Printing Rabbis Sephardim Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Biography Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Ethnic relations Europe -- Iberian Peninsula Netherlands -- Amsterdam Portugal Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300240436 0300240430

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