Menasseh ben Israel

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Jewish scholar book diplomat human printer publisher rabbi theologian writer

Menasseh ben Israel was a 17th-century Portuguese-Jewish rabbi, scholar, printer, and diplomat in Amsterdam, best known for petitioning Oliver Cromwell to readmit Jews to England.

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Menasseh ben Israel canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish scholar ⓘ
book ⓘ
book ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
printer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeInCentury 17th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Manoel Dias Soeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Menashe ben Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Menasseh ben Yisrael NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Menasseh ben Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Menasseh ben Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1604 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lisbon NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1657 ⓘ
deathPlace Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middelburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
emigratedFrom Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
emigratedTo Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sephardi Jew ⓘ
fieldOfWork Hebrew printing ⓘ
Jewish theology ⓘ
Jewish–Christian relations ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ
founded one of the first Hebrew printing presses in Amsterdam ⓘ
hasWork El Conciliador NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor petitioning Oliver Cromwell to allow the readmission of Jews to England ⓘ
role in the readmission of Jews to England in the 1650s ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
memberOf Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Menasseh ben Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality Portuguese ⓘ
notableWork De Termino Vitae NERFINISHED ⓘ
El Conciliador NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hope of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
printer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
participantIn Whitehall Conference on the readmission of Jews to England NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Amsterdam ⓘ
Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Dutch Jews → notableFigure → Menasseh ben Israel ⓘ