Metadata: Collection of Jewish polemical and apologetic works
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- British Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- British Library
- Postal address:
- 96 Euston Road London Greater London United Kingdom NW1 2DB
- Web address:
- http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/manuscr/index.html
- Email:
- Email: mss@bl.uk
- Reference number:
- Add MS 27088
- Title:
- Collection of Jewish polemical and apologetic works
- Title (official language):
- Collection of Jewish polemical and apologetic works
- Creator/accumulator:
- Leone Modena
- Date(s):
- 1830/1848
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Extent:
- 105 folios
- Scope and content:
- A collection of Jewish polemical and apologetic works.Fols 1r-6vAuthor: Modena, Leone (מודינא, יהודה אריה)Ben Daṿid.בן דודIncipit: נעתק פה טורינו בשנת א'נ'כ'י' י'ו'ס'ף' א'ל'מ'נ'צ'י' מ'פ'ד'ו'ב'ה' לפ"ק. (Fol 1r)Fols 9r-44vAuthor: Modena, Leone (מודינא, יהודה אריה)Ari nohem.ארי נוהםIncipit: נעתק מכ"י אשר בעיר מנטובה מהקטן יו-אל פה פאדובה בשנת התק"ץ לפ"ג. (Fol 9r)Fols 45r-48vAuthor: Duran, Profiat (דורן, יצחק בן משה)Igeret al tihyi ke-avotekha.אגרת אל תהי כאבותיךIncipit: פאדובה התק"ץ לב"ע. (Fol 45r)Fols 49r-69vAuthor: Luzzatto, Moshe Ḥayyim (לוצטו, משה חיים)Milḥemet Mosheh.מלחמת משהIncipit: נעתק פה פאדובה מהצעיר יו-אל בשנת התק"ץ. (Fol 49r)Fols 70r-93r῾Alilot devarim.עלילות דבריםNote: A pseudonymous satirical work directed against mysticism, superstition, irrational study of the Talmud, and mechanical divine service, accompanied by a commentary composed by a writer calling himself Joseph ben Meshulam.Incipit: העתקתי ... א'נ'כ'י' י'ו'ס'ף' א'ל'מ'נ'צ'י' מ'פ'א'ד'ו'ב'ה' . (Fol 70r)Fols 94r-97rAuthor: Hefets, Eliezer (חפץ, אליעזר)Shed yahir.שד יהירNote: A story of possession and exorcism which are supposed to have taken place in 1761-1762 at Gorizia. Copied by Joseph Almanzi in 1832.Incipit: נעתק מהצעיר יוסף אלמנצי בשנת גם משדים חשוך ע'בדך' א'ל' ימשלו ב'י' א'ז' א'י'ת'ם' לפ"ק. (Fol 94r)Fols 98r-100rAuthor: Luzzatto, Mordecai (לוצטו, מרדכי)Ruah ῾.רוח עועיםNote: A story of possession of a gentile woman in Padua in 1778. Copied by Joseph Almanzi in 1844.Incipit: נעתק מהצעיר יוסף אלמנצי בש' התר"ד. (Fol 98r)Fols 101r-105rAuthor: Ashkenazi, Abraham ben Samuel (אשכנזי, אברהם בן שמואל)Tsa῾ar bet rabim.צער בת רביםNote: A rhymed prose describing the persecution of the Jews in Poland in 1648.Incipit: עד השנה הזאת התר"ח. (Fol 101r)
- Administrative/biographical history:
- A Jewish scholar born in Venice to a family whose ancestors migrated to Italy after an expulsion of Jews from France.
- Access points: locations:
- Padua
- Access points: persons/families:
- Almanzi, Joseph
- Ashkenazi, Abraham ben Samuel
- Duran, Profiat
- Hefets, Eliezer
- Joseph ben Meshulam
- Luzzatto, Mordecai
- Luzzatto, Moshe Hayyim
- Modena, Leone
- Subject terms:
- Literature
- Access, restrictions:
- You need to be a registered Reader in order to request items to a Reading Room.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue see http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS032-003313894Guide to Hebrew Collections see https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/hebrew-collections
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
