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This phantasmagoric portrait of poet and playwright Daniel Levi (Miguel) de Barrios and his family is from Imperio de Dios en la harmonia del mundo (God’s Empire in the Harmony of the World), a…
Contributor:
Aron de Chavez
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1689
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The Three Ketovim
There are three Ketovim: in the early morning
One wanders off, who in the fresh bread
Has concealed his shameless anger.
Do not eat it, as it will lead to a painful death,
Over the…
Contributor:
Jacob Israël de Haan
Places:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1915
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These four etchings were made by Rembrandt van Rijn for Menasseh Ben Israel’s book, Piedra Gloriosa (Glorious Stone), a messianic treatise. Clockwise from upper left, they illustrate the biblical…
Contributor:
Rembrandt van Rijn
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1655
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Sefer Raziel (also known as The Book of Raziel the Angel) is a book of practical kabbalah that may have been composed in the thirteenth century, though scholars believe parts of it date from earlier…
Contributor:
Moses Mendez Coutinho
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1701
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From B. d. S.
Sir,
Yesterday I received your letter, which was very welcome to me, as much because I wanted to hear some news from you as because I see that…
Contributor:
Baruch Spinoza
Places:
The Hague, Dutch Republic (The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
1674