New Jerusalem, the Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation Amsterdam, July 27 1656

Name: New Jerusalem, the Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation Amsterdam, July 27 1656
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ISBN: 9780822223856

ISBN-10: 0822223856

ISBN-13: 9780822223856

Edition: 2010

Authors: David Ives

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THE STORY: Baruch de Spinoza is a young merchant and the heir apparent of Saul Mortera, the chief Rabbi of Amsterdam. But Amsterdam's Sephardic Jews have made a fatal arrangement with the city: They have agreed to police their own community for unorthodox beliefs. When the city accuses Spinoza of atheism, Mortera must summon Baruch to the synagogue to defend himself. Spinoza's best friend, his sister and the woman he loves are all drawn into the controversy, a historical event that shook up not only the entire Jewish community of Amsterdam, but changed Spinoza's and Mortera's lives-and all of Western thought-irrevocably. No written record survives of what was said at Temple Talmud Torah on…

Book details

List price: $9.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/22/2010
Binding: Paperback
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.154
Language: English