Creator Bio
Isaac de Acosta
d. 1729
Little is known of the life of Isaac (Yshac) de Acosta. He may have been born in Amsterdam, but later settled in southwestern France, where he served as ḥazan in Peyrehorade, near Bayonne. He spent some time in Biarritz and in 1697 was appointed rabbi (ḥakham) in Bayonne, a position he filled until his death. Acosta wrote a number of Spanish works, including Historia sacra real (Royal Sacred History; 1691, a commentary on the book of Esther); Vía de salvación (Path of Salvation; 1709); and a Spanish commentary on the early prophets.
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Vía de salvación (Path of Salvation)
Great God, author of death and life! for as much as Thy sovereign clemency shows itself so propitious toward me, that in the midst of the illness in which Thou hast placed me…