Edrehi, Moses. An Historical Account of the Ten Tribes, Settled Beyond the River Sambatyon, in the East

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

for the Author’s Son

Philadelphia

1853

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. English interspersed with Hebrew. Frontispiece portrait of the Author (see Rubens 754). Extensive list of subscribers throughout the United States

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Moses Edrehi was a somewhat idiosyncratic individual, a wandering preacher originally from Morocco, who spent some years in Europe, especially England, and finally settled in Eretz Israel, where he apparently assumed the title of British Consul at Jerusalem. This edition was prepared for an American readership by the Author’s son, Isaac Edrehi. The book contains interesting information concerning the Jews of Morocco (pp. 137-163) and other, more exotic lands