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A Sermon Delivered at the Great Synagogue of Smyrna on the Arrival of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore in that City after His Successful Mission on Behalf of His Persecuted Brethren in Damascus
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Remember, I am with you: I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. —Genesis 28:15. From the Midrash Shoḥer tov. “For the leader. Of the servant of the Lord, of David…

Contributor:

Pinḥas de Segura

Places:

Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)

Date:

1840

Subjects:

Midrash, Theology, Diaspora, Politics

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Speeches
Polyglot Bible (Constantinople)
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This is the frontispiece and first page of the Constantinople Polyglot Bible, the first of two multilingual editions of the Pentateuch printed by Eliezer Soncino in Constantinople. It contained the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1546

Subjects:

Print, Bible, Jewish languages, Translation, Diaspora

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology
Printed page of Hebrew text in center and decorative border around page with urns, flowers, vines, and faces.