Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Abbreviations; Editions and translations; Introduction; Amsterdam: From the Marranos to a Portuguese Jewish Community; Menasseh Ben Israel: A New Look at his Life and Work 1604-1657; Esperanca de Israel, 1650; Wall's English Translation of the Latin Text; A Note on the English Translation; Facsimile of the Title-Page; The Epistle Dedicatory; Menasseh Ben Israel to the Courteous Reader; The Authors of Other Nations, Which are Quoted in this Treatise; The Hebrew Books, and Authors; The Relation of Antonio Montezinos
The Hope of IsraelA Note on Moses Wall by Richard H. Popkin; Bibliography; Index of Place and Proper Names
Summary
The English text of 1652, edited with introduction and notes by Henry Mechoulan and Gerard Nahon. This work was influential in leading to the re-admission of the Jews to England under the Commonwealth
