(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

W. Webb

London

1736

Abrabanel, Solomon, of the House of David [Pseudonym of William Arnall]. The Complaint of the Children of Israel, Representing Their Grievances under the Penal Laws; and Praying, that if the Tests are Repealed, the Jews may have the Benefit of this Indulgence in Common with all other Subjects of England

A plea for equal employment opportunity for English Jewry. On the surface of things, the author, a philo-Semite posing as a bona-fide Jew, pleads the cause of equal employment opportunity for England’s Jewish minority. For unspecified reasons, Roth epitomizes the work as a satire against non-conformists (Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 214, no. 50). On Arnall (who died not yet 30), see: The Dictionary of National Biography, II, 103