Von der Gesellschaft Christlicher Israeliten, und der für Dieselbe Errichteten Tutel=Comität [Charter of the Society of Christian Israelites]

Estimate

$1,000–$1,500

Hammer price

Not recorded

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author

(RUSSIA)

printer

N. Gretsa

Place

St. Peterburg

Publication

1817

Description

German text, colophon in Cyrillic.

summary

This booklet contains German translations of several imperial decrees of Tsar Alexander providing for the establishment in Russia of a Society of Christian Israelites, to provide succor for Jews who have converted to the dominant religion. Inclined to pietism and mysticism, Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825)—who succeeded to the throne in 1801 after his father Paul's murder—promoted the conversion of his Jewish subjects to Christianity. Thus, the "Society of Israelite Christians" founded in 1817, was placed under the Tsar's personal patronage.

pp. 16. Trace foxed. Unbound. 8vo

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