Readings in Modern Jewish History: An Example of a Human Life

by Uriel Acosta, Helen Lederer, trans

$95 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1958. Reprint. Softcover. Quarto. 23 leafs. Original printed wrappers. Poignant autobiography of this freethinking rationalist who became an example among Jews of one martyred by the intolerance of his own religious community. Uriel Acosta is sometimes cited as a forerunner of the renowned philosopher Benedict de Spinoza. Minor age wear and some toning on

• Printing: later
• Binding: Softcover

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