Vía de salvación (Path of Salvation)

Isaac de Acosta

1709

Israelitic Act of Belief

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 in accordance with my past faults Thou hast given time and place for me to repent, breath and voice to confess them and feeling to grieve myself for…

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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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