The Censorship of Hebrew Books

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Knickerbocker Press, 1899 - 156 Seiten
 

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Seite 19 - And in every province whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting and weeping and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Seite vii - It is peculiarly our duty to praise the Lord of all ; to ascribe greatness to him who formed the world in the beginning; since he hath not made us like the nations of the different countries, nor placed us like...
Seite 2 - Tree of Sorrow' ; for I had buried there all that was pleasant in my sight — the commentary on the Laws and the Commandments, more precious than gold, yea, than much fine gold. For in them I had found consolation for the loss of my two little ones, torn from me by force to become unwilling converts. And I had said, ' These [books] are the inheritance of those who worship God ; therefore must they be better for me than even sons and daughters.
Seite 133 - University and there received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts and later did research work at Oxford University in England.
Seite 14 - As soon as these presents shall come to their notice, they shall cause all copies of the Talmud to be sought for throughout the homes and synagogues of the Hebrews who dwell in their respective states and countries, and when found, to be publicly burned. " Furthermore we command all Hebrews dwelling in Christian states and countries, under penalty of confiscation of all their property . . . (to be divided onefourth part to accusers or informers, the remainder in equal portions to officers, inquisitors,...
Seite 18 - I had written three 129. chapters of it, I found a single copy of the edition in the possession of some Christians, who had snatched it from the fire ; and this I secured at a great cost.
Seite 43 - Cumque universitas Hebrseorum . . . nobis exponi fecerint, ipsos Judeaos non posse tam brevi temporis spatio libros, volumina et scripta hujusmodi juxta mandatum nostrum corrigere et expurgare ad effectum, ut sic expurgatis uti possint, et alios, ut praefertur, consignare et exhibere . . ." Stern, 163 (No. 156). them for many years before he gave his decision.
Seite ii - Wadding. ann. 1409, No. 12.— C. 1 in Septimo v. 4. In the Paris condemnation of 1248 the Talmud only is specified, though in the examination mention is made of the Gloss of Solomon of Troyes, and of a work which from its description would seem to be the Toldos Jeschu, or history of Jesus, which so excited the ire of the Carthusian, Ramon Marti, in his Pugio Mdei, and of all subsequent Christians (cf.
Seite viii - He did not let our portion be like theirs, nor our lot like that of all their multitudes. For...

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