The Hope of Israel - 9781904113201

The Hope of Israel\nby Menasseh Ben-Israel\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Menasseh Ben-Israel\nTitle: The Hope of Israel\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social groups: religious groups and communities\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press\nPublication year: 2004\nEdition: New edition\nISBN-13: 9781904113201\nISBN-10: 1904113206\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nWhen The Hope of Israel was translated into English in 1652, its argument from Scripture that messianic redemption would not come to the Jewish people until they were scattered in all the corners of the Earth aroused great interest and played an instrumental part in the discussions in the Commonwealth under Cromwell which eventually led to the readmission of the Jews in 1656. This edition of that English text inclu.