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B04456 Vindiciæ Judæorum, or A letter in answer to certain questions propounded by a noble and learned gentleman, touching the reproaches cast on the nation of the Jevves; wherein all objections are candidly, and yet fully cleared. By Rabbi Menasseh Ben Israel a divine and a physician. Manasseh ben Israel, 1604-1657. 1656 (1656) Wing M381; Thomason E.880[1]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide 482.b.3[7] 31,719 45

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