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Novelot ḥokhmah (Fallen Fruit of Wisdom)
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[ . . . ] Now you know and are witness that I have composed several works on various topics. However, I did not write them in order to publish them; rather, I prepared them for my own use, to…

Contributor:

Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

Places:

Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)

Date:

First Half of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Print, Writing, Theology, Philosophy, Education

Categories:

Theology
Epístola invectiva contra Prado (A Harsh Epistle against Prado)
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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…

Contributor:

Isaac Orobio de Castro

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1664

Subjects:

Polemics, Philosophy, Education, Theology, Law, Responsa

Categories:

Theology, Law, Responsa
Letter from One Jewish Student to Another
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Wisdom rests quietly in a wise man (Proverbs 14:33); nothing which he purposes to do will be withheld from him [see Job 42:2]. I envisioned a man who was diligent in his labor, who was as bright as…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Frankfurt- Oder, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)

Date:

End of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Theology, Philosophy, Education, Letters

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Firsthand accounts, Letters
Five Orations Given in Padua by Lelio Della Torre
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Contributor:

Lelio Della Torre

Places:

Padua, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (Padova, Italy)

Date:

1829

Subjects:

Philosophy, Theology, Education, Scholarship, Speeches

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Speeches