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Tratado de la verdad de la ley de Moseh y providencia de Dios con su pueblo: 1r
Tratado de la verdad de la ley de Moseh y providencia de Dios con su pueblo: 67v-68r
MORTERA, SAUL LEVI (1596?-1660).
Tratado de la verdad de la ley de Moseh y providencia de Dios con su pueblo.
Manuscript in Spanish on paper.
Ca. 17th century.
MS X893 M841
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Saul Levi Mortiera was a rabbi of the Sephardic community in Amsterdam, at a time when many crypto-Jews (Jews who had converted to Christianity after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal, but practiced secretly as Jews) were arriving from Spain and Portugal and were considering the open practice of Judaism. His monumental work, shown here, was an attempt to teach his constituents of the truth in Judaism and as opposed to Christianity. Columbia has three manuscripts of this work.
Gift of Congregation Temple Emanu-El, 1892.