Menasseh ben Israel's Mission to Oliver Cromwell / Being a reprint of the pamphlets published by Menasseh ben Israel to promote the re-admission of the Jews to England, 1649-1656

by Manasseh ben Israel

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION			[xi]
	THE RETURN OF THE JEWS TO ENGLAND:—
	I.	DAYS OF EXILE	[xi]
	II.	THE HOPE OF ISRAEL	[xviii]
	III.	CROMWELL’S POLICY	[xxviii]
	IV.	THE APPEAL TO THE NATION	[xxxvii]
	V.	CROMWELL’S ACTION	[lvi]
	VI.	THE REAL “VINDICIÆ”	[lxix]
	VII.	DOCUMENTS	[lxxvii]
“THE HOPE OF ISRAEL, WRITTEN BY MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL”(1652)			[1]
“TO HIS HIGHNESSE THE LORD PROTECTOR OF THE COMMON-WEALTH OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, THE HUMBLE ADDRESSES OF MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL” (1655)			[73]
“VINDICIÆ JUDÆORUM, OR A LETTER IN ANSWER TO CERTAIN QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED BY A NOBLE AND LEARNED GENTLEMAN, WHEREIN ALL OBJECTIONS ARE CANDIDLY, AND YET FULLY CLEARED, BY RABBI MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL” (1656)			[105]
NOTES			[149]
INDEX			[171]
PORTRAITS		Frontispiece and facing pages [1] and [105]