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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…
Reuben:You are right, for there is no way out of such dilemmas and they allow no subterfuge. However, returning to our topic, before I show you the true definition of this noun Nature, I must explain…
On the ban pronounced at a gathering of some members of the community in the city of Constantinople, together with some town representatives, in the synagogue of the community of Constantinople. It…
These hypocrites maliciously break all Ten Commandments. All they do is only for show. They pride themselves that they believe in the existence of God, may He be blessed, while in truth it is not so…
[ . . . W]hile there are undoubtedly articles of faith in Judaism there are, nonetheless, fundamental differences between Judaism and Christianity in the matter of dogma. The first of these is due to…
Our friend’s devotion to Spinozism is not to be seen as a mere hypothesis (as the Patriarch in Nathan puts it), postulated simply in order to discuss its pros and cons. Herr Jacobi, a man of…
This is an image of the title page of the first printing of Yom Tov Lipmann Mühlhausen’s Sefer ha-nitsaḥon (The Book of Victory). The book was first published in Altdorf in 1644 by the priest Theodore…
What does this man [who contemplates the giving of the Torah] think that Moses our master, may peace be upon him, sat and did for forty days and forty nights when he stayed with the Lord on…
Christian Priest:Good morning to the Jews.
Jew:A good morning and a good year to my lord.
Priest:Where are you going today to insult the gentiles?
Jew:I do not understand you.
Priest:Have not you Jews…
When there came to our notice the work composed and recently published by R. Azariah de’ Rossi, entitled Me‘or ‘enayim, which contains the sections: “The Voice of God,” “The Glory of the Elders,” and…