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Should we not cry and weep that until now our scholars have not concerned themselves to provide us with a 24 [i.e., Bible] in Yiddish, arranged according to the simple meaning of the text, word for…
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Jekutiel Blitz
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1676–1679
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In summary, man was created not for his state in this world, but for his state in the world-to-come. His state in this world, however, serves as the means toward [attaining] his state in the world-to…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1738
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Genesis 1:26. Let us make man in our image, as our likeness.
Genesis 9:6. For in the image of God made he man.
Deuteronomy 4:15. And guard ye your souls greatly, for ye saw no manner of…
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Menasseh Ben Israel
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1633