Menasseh ben Israel's Mission to Oliver Cromwell: Being a reprint of the pamphlets published by Menasseh ben Israel to promote the re-admission of the Jews to England, 1649-1656Manasseh ben Israel
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Menasseh ben Israel's Mission to Oliver Cromwell: Being a reprint of the pamphlets published by Menasseh ben Israel to promote the re-admission of the Jews to England, 1649-1656
Manasseh ben Israel
Jews -- Great Britain
And to the highly honoured nation of _England_, I make my most humble
request, that they would read over my arguments impartially, without
prejudice, and devoid of all passion, effectually recommending me to
their grace and favour, and earnestly beseeching God that he would be
pleased to hasten the time promised by _Zephaniah_, wherein we shall all
serve him _with one consent_, after the same manner, and shall be all of
the same judgement, that as his name is one, so his fear may be also
one, and that we may all see the goodnesse of the Lord, blessed for
ever, and the consolations of Zion. Amen, and Amen.
From my study, in _London, April_ the 10, in the year from the
creation 5416, and in the year, according to the vulgar account,
1656.
As to give satisfaction to your worship, being desirous to know what
books have been written, and printed by me, or else are almost ready for
the presse, may you please to take the names of them in this Catalogue.
_A Catalogue of such books as have been published by_ Menasseh Ben
Israel, _in_ Hebrew.
_Nismachaim_, four Books, concerning the Immortality of the soul,
wherein many notable, and pleasant Questions are discussed, and handled,
as may be seen by the Arguments of the particular Chapters, prefixed to
the book, in _Latine_, dedicated to the then Emperour _Ferdinand_ the
third.
_Pene Rabba_, upon _Rabot_, of the Ancient Rabbins, in _Latine_ and
_Spanish_.
_Conciliatoris pars prima in Pentateuchum._
_De Resurrectione mortuorum libri tres._
_Problemata de creatione._
_De termino vitæ._
_De fragilitate humana, ex lapsu_ Adami, _deque divino in bono opere
auxilio._
_Spes Israelis._ This is also in English.
_Orationes panegyricæ, quarum una ad Illustrissimum principem_,
Aurantium, _altera ad serenissimam reginam_ Sueciorum, in _Spanish_
onely.
_Conciliator_│the second part, upon the first Prophets.
│the third part, upon the later Prophets.
│the fourth part upon the Hagiographa.
_Humas_, or the _Pentateuch_, with the severall precepts in the margin.
_Thesoro de los dirim_ five books of the rites and ceremonies of the
_Iewes_, in two Volumes.
_Humas_ the _Pentateuch_, with a commentarie.
_Piedra pretiosa_, of _Nebuchadnezzar’s_ image, or the fifth Monarchy.
_Laus orationes del anno_, the _Iewes_ prayers for the whole year,
translated out of the originall.
Books ready for the Presse.
_De cultu Imaginum contra Pontificios Latine._
_Sermois_, Sermons in the _Portugal_ tongue.
_Loci communes Omnium Midrasim_, which contains the divinity of the
ancient Rabbins, in _Hebrew_.
_Bibliotheca Rabbinica_, together with the arguments of their books, and
my judgement upon their severall editions.
_Phocylides_ in _Spanish_ verse _cum Notis_.
_Hippocratis Aphorismi_ in _Hebrew_.
_Flavius Iosephus adversus Apionem_, in _Hebrew_, _ejusdem Monarchia
rationis_ in _Hebrew_.
_Refutatio libri cui titulus Præadamitæ._
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