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History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6): Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole WorkGraetz, Heinrich

History

History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6): Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole Work

Name: History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6): Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole Work
Author: Graetz, Heinrich

Graetz, Heinrich

Jews -- History

The Jews banished from Vienna by Emperor Leopold I.

                    The Jews permitted to settle in the Mark Brandenburg
                      by Elector John George.

  1678(about).      Richard Simon, Father of the Oratory, makes
                      Rabbinical literature known to Christians.

  1679.             Mordecai of Eisenstadt renews the Sabbatian craze.

  1686(about).      _Jacob Querido_ represents himself as the successor
                      of Sabbataï Zevi.

  1690(about).      Swedish scholars study the history of the Karaites.

  1695(about).      Berachya represents himself as the successor of
                      Sabbataï Zevi; his sect, _the Donmäh_.

  1698.             _William Surenhuysius translates the Mishna into
                      Latin._

  1700.             John Andrew Eisenmenger attempts the publication of
                      his “_Judaism Unmasked_.”

  1707.             Jacob Basnage publishes his “History of the Jewish
                      Religion.”

  1713.             Nehemiah Chiya Chayon (1650-1726), Sabbatian, causes
                      a quarrel in the Amsterdam community; Solomon
                      Ayllon and _Chacham Zevi_ (Zevi ben Jacob
                      Ashkenazi, 1656-1678).

  1743.             MOSES CHAYIM LUZZATTO (1707-1747), poet and
                      Kabbalist, publishes his drama La-Yesharim
                      Tehilla.

  1745.             The Jews of Prague placed under severe restrictions
                      by Maria Theresa.

  1750(about).      =Chassidism= founded by ISRAEL BAALSHEM (1698-1759)
                      and BEER OF MIZRICZ (1700-1772); ELIJAH WILNA
                      GAON (1720-1797), its antagonist.

  1751.             Contest between JONATHAN EIBESCHÜTZ (1690-1764) and
                      JACOB EMDEN ASHKENAZI (1698-1776).

  1755.             =Moses Mendelssohn= (1728-1786) publishes his first
                      work.

  1759(about).      _Jacob Frank_, Sabbatian leader, founder of the
                      Frankist sect.

  1762.             Isaac Pinto publishes his “Reflections” in answer to
                      Voltaire’s defamation of Judaism.

  =1778.=             Mendelssohn publishes the first part of his
                      =Pentateuch translation=.

  1779.             _Lessing_ publishes his “_Nathan the Wise_.”

  1781.             _Christian William Dohm_ (1751-1820) publishes his
                      work “Upon the Civil Amelioration of the Condition
                      of the Jews.”

                    JOSEPH II of Austria abolishes the Jewish poll-tax,
                      and grants civil liberties to the Jews.

  1783.             Mendelssohn publishes “_Jerusalem, or upon
                      Ecclesiastical Power and Judaism_.”

  1783.             _Ha-Meassef_ founded by Mendelssohn’s followers
                      (_Measfim_).

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History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6): Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole WorkGraetz, Heinrich

History

History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6): Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole Work

Graetz, Heinrich

Jews -- History

The Jews banished from Vienna by Emperor Leopold I.

                    The Jews permitted to settle in the Mark Brandenburg
                      by Elector John George.

  1678(about).      Richard Simon, Father of the Oratory, makes
                      Rabbinical literature known to Christians.

  1679.             Mordecai of Eisenstadt renews the Sabbatian craze.

  1686(about).      _Jacob Querido_ represents himself as the successor
                      of Sabbataï Zevi.

  1690(about).      Swedish scholars study the history of the Karaites.

  1695(about).      Berachya represents himself as the successor of
                      Sabbataï Zevi; his sect, _the Donmäh_.

  1698.             _William Surenhuysius translates the Mishna into
                      Latin._

  1700.             John Andrew Eisenmenger attempts the publication of
                      his “_Judaism Unmasked_.”

  1707.             Jacob Basnage publishes his “History of the Jewish
                      Religion.”

  1713.             Nehemiah Chiya Chayon (1650-1726), Sabbatian, causes
                      a quarrel in the Amsterdam community; Solomon
                      Ayllon and _Chacham Zevi_ (Zevi ben Jacob
                      Ashkenazi, 1656-1678).

  1743.             MOSES CHAYIM LUZZATTO (1707-1747), poet and
                      Kabbalist, publishes his drama La-Yesharim
                      Tehilla.

  1745.             The Jews of Prague placed under severe restrictions
                      by Maria Theresa.

  1750(about).      =Chassidism= founded by ISRAEL BAALSHEM (1698-1759)
                      and BEER OF MIZRICZ (1700-1772); ELIJAH WILNA
                      GAON (1720-1797), its antagonist.

  1751.             Contest between JONATHAN EIBESCHÜTZ (1690-1764) and
                      JACOB EMDEN ASHKENAZI (1698-1776).

  1755.             =Moses Mendelssohn= (1728-1786) publishes his first
                      work.

  1759(about).      _Jacob Frank_, Sabbatian leader, founder of the
                      Frankist sect.

  1762.             Isaac Pinto publishes his “Reflections” in answer to
                      Voltaire’s defamation of Judaism.

  =1778.=             Mendelssohn publishes the first part of his
                      =Pentateuch translation=.

  1779.             _Lessing_ publishes his “_Nathan the Wise_.”

  1781.             _Christian William Dohm_ (1751-1820) publishes his
                      work “Upon the Civil Amelioration of the Condition
                      of the Jews.”

                    JOSEPH II of Austria abolishes the Jewish poll-tax,
                      and grants civil liberties to the Jews.

  1783.             Mendelssohn publishes “_Jerusalem, or upon
                      Ecclesiastical Power and Judaism_.”

  1783.             _Ha-Meassef_ founded by Mendelssohn’s followers
                      (_Measfim_).

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6): Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole Work

History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6): Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole Work

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