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Map of Jerusalem
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In this seventeenth-century map, Jerusalem is depicted as a fairly dense city within a wall, with only a few structures outside. Men in Arab dress stand in small groups conversing with one another in…

Contributor:

George Braun, Franciscus Hogenberg

Places:

Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (Cologne, Germany)

Date:

1612

Subjects:

Print, Art, Jerusalem, Cities, Artists

Categories:

Print & book culture
Print of walled city surrounded by hills, and two figures in forefront, with Latin text above and below image.
Latin-Hebrew Edition of Jossipon
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The supposed author of Josippon (an account of Jewish history from the Garden of Eden to the destruction of the Second Temple) was Josephus Flavius, though it is now generally believed that the book…

Contributor:

Sebastian Münster

Places:

Basel, Switzerland

Date:

1541

Subjects:

Print, Scholarship, Translation, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Print & book culture
Printed page of Latin text.
Portrait of Menasseh Ben Israel
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Born to converso parents and baptized as Manoel Dias Soeiro, Menasseh Ben Israel moved as a boy with his family to Amsterdam, where they reverted openly to Judaism. In 1626, he established the first…

Contributor:

Shalom Italia

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1640–1649

Subjects:

Portrait, Scholarship, Writing, Print, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Print & book culture
Portrait print of man in skullcap and beard with Latin text in oval frame, Latin text below, and small illustration of man with walking stick and Hebrew book above.