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
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P. 34, l. 3. “_Rabbi David Kimhi._” Famous Hebrew exegete, grammarian,
and lexicographer (d. 1232). The work referred to as “_etymol. suo_”
is “The Book of Roots” (ספר השרשים).
P. 34, l. 5. “_Of the name of Rabbi Juda Aben Karis._” Should be, “in
the name of Rabbi Judah ben Koraisch.” Rabbi Judah (fl. _circa_
870–900) was a Karaite philologist; lived in North-West Africa. He
met Eldad in Morocco (Graetz, “Geschichte,” vol. v. p. 261).
P. 34, l. 9. “_Part of the Ten Tribes also live in Ethiopia._” The
Falashas of Abyssinia are here referred to (Halévy, “Travels in
Abyssinia”; _Mis. Heb. Lit._, vol. ii. pp. 175 _et seq._ There are
also reports on the Falashas in the Annual Reports of the Alliance
Israelite and Anglo-Jewish Association).
P. 35, l. 22. “_Rabbi Johanan, the Author of the Jerusalem Talmud._”
Rabbi Jochanan, son of the Smith, was a disciple of Rabbi Judah the
Prince, compiler of the Mishna. He was one of the most famous Hebrew
teachers of the third century. The tradition that he was author of
the Jerusalem Talmud rests only on the assertion of Maimonides.
Modern critics reject it, and date the Jerusalem Talmud in the
seventh century. (Hamburger, “Real-Encyclopädie,” _sub voc._
“Jochanan” and “Talmud.”)
P. 35, l. 34. “_The learned man l’Empereur._” Constantine l’Empereur,
an Hebraist of the seventeenth century (d. 1648), who translated
into Latin some tractates of the Mishna and other Hebrew works,
including the Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela.
P. 35, l. 36. “_Sedar Olam._” The name of two Hebrew Chronologies (see
Hamburger, “Real-Encyclopädie,” sup. vol., pp. 132, 133).
P. 35, l. 37. “_In Talmud tractat, Sanhedr._” “Sanhedrin” is the name
of a treatise of the Talmud, the fourth in the fourth book of the
Jerushalmi, and the fifth in the fourth book of the Babli. Excerpts
have been translated into Latin with elaborate notes by Joh.
Coccejus (Amsterdam 1629).
P. 36, l. 9. “_Beresit Rabba._” The first part of the “Midrash
Rabboth,” the chief collection of Hagadic or homiletic expositions
of the Scriptures. As its name implies, it deals with Genesis (Zunz,
“Gottesdienstlichen Vorträge,” pp. 184 _et seq._, 1892.)
P. 36, l. 9. “_In Perasach_,” should be “in Parashah 11” (see original
Spanish “Esperança,” p. 66). The misprint occurs in the Latin.
“Parasha” means section. There are 100 sections in the _Bereshith
Rabba_.
P. 36, l. 10. “_Tornunsus_” = Turnus Rufus.
P. 36, l. 12. “_Rabbi Aquebah._” One of the greatest of the Tanaim or
compilers of the Mishna. He became an adherent of the Pseudo-Messiah
Bar Cochba, who rebelled against the Romans during the reign of
Hadrian, and was put to death after the fall of Bethar. His career
has passed into legend (Graetz, “Geschichte,” vol. iv. pp. 53 _et
seq._).
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