The Jews In Great Britain:
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THE
JEWS IN GREAT BRITAIN:
BEING A
SERIES OF SIX LECTURES,
DELIVERED IN THE
LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION,
ON
THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS IN ENGLAND.
BY THE
REV. MOSES MARGOLIOUTH,
INCUMBENT OF GLASNEVIN, DUBLIN.
LONDON:
JAMES NISBET AND CO., BERNERS-STREET.
WILLIAM CURRY, JUN. AND CO., DUBLIN.
1846.
Dublin: Printed by Edward Bull, 6, Bachelor’s-walk.
TO
THE RIGHT REVEREND
JOHN BIRD SUMNER, D.D.,
LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER,
AND
VISITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION,
These Lectures,
ON
THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS IN ENGLAND,
ARE, BY KIND PERMISSION, INSCRIBED,
WITH FEELINGS OF PROFOUND RESPECT AND ESTEEM,
BY
HIS LORDSHIP’S MOST HUMBLE
AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.
The following Lectures form a complete History of the Jews in Great Britain, with reference to their literary, religious, political, and civil constitution, up to the eighteenth year of Edward I., A.D. 1290. They are published in deference to, and compliance with, the strong wishes of many who heard them delivered.