Psalms). Tehillim. Translated into Persian in Hebrew letters by Mirza Nurallah.
AUCTION 57 |
Thursday, January 31st,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 37
(BIBLE, Hebrew.
Psalms). Tehillim. Translated into Persian in Hebrew letters by Mirza Nurallah.
London: British Foreign Bible Society 1895
Est: $800 - $1,200
Sponsored by the Protestant Church’s British and Foreign Bible Society, Mirza Nurallah a Jewish convert to Christianity from Teheran prepared this Tehillim as a way of seducing the Jews, via their native language, toward the tenents of Christian belief. See L. Finkelstein, The Jews (1949) p. 853.