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Kol sakhal (Voice of a Fool), a polemical work attacking rabbinic Judaism, has been the subject of many scholarly debates. To this day, its composition and aims remain shrouded in mystery. The author…
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Unknown
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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before 1622
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If, in order to understand the human laws, we utilize the explanations and glosses made by the…
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Immanuel Aboab
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1629
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Book III: In which the immortality of the soul and the resurrection of the dead are proved against the Sadducees. The causes of the miraculous resurrection are explained, and the final judgment and…
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Menasseh Ben Israel
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1636
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[ . . . May] He lengthen their days and may they be sated . . . recount to YHWH of Teman and His asherah . . .
[ . . . because(?)] YHWH of the Teman, has shown them(?) favor, has bettered their da[ys…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
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Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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A furious epistle against [Juan de] Prado, a philosopher-doctor who doubted or did not believe in the truth of the divine scripture and sought to cover up his maliciousness with the feigned…
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Isaac Orobio de Castro
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1664
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[47] Now all that remains is to reply to certain arguments by which they want to persuade themselves that the choice of the Hebrews was not for a time, and in relation only to their state, but eternal…
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Baruch Spinoza
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1670
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When, through God’s guiding grace,
The prophet Joshua and the Hebrews
Encamped before the town of Jericho,
Besieging it from every side,
They…
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‘Imrānī
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Isfahan, Ottoman Empire (Isfahan, Iran)
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Early 16th Century
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I saw your figure in my dream, gazelle, flashing like lightning. It gave light to my darkened eyes, and I saw that your face was a model of the heavens. The sun and moon are set in it, the stars and…
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David Onkinerah
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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16th Century
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Belonging to Eliyahu
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
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Late 8th Century BCE
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Now, my dear friends, do you see what you’re doing? The Holy Days indulged in arrogant boasting, in envy and hatred and warfare. Hanukkah tried to fight them all and carry the day…
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Zalman Sofer
Places:
Oldendorf, Holy Roman Empire (Oldendorf, Germany)
Date:
1517