Johann Christoph Gottfried. Yeshua Mashiah Ha’Amiti BeNigleh UbeNistar / Jesus der wahre Messias.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $600

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author

(CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY TRACT)

printer

Johann Conrad Peetz

Place

Regensberg

Publication

1721

Description

First edition. German text with much Hebrew. Preface by Georg Serpilius of Regensberg.

summary

Attemps to prove Christian doctrine from ‘the open words and hidden secrets of the Jews’ (title). The author was formerly a rabbi in Breslau who converted to Christianity and sought to use his knowledge of Jewish texts to induce his readers to convert as well. See E. Carlebach, Divided Souls (2001) p. 98.

Foxed. Later stiff wrappers. Sm. 4to.

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