Tratado de la verdad de la ley de Moseh y providencia de Dios con su pueblo /
senor haham Saul Levi Mortera.

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Main Author
Mortera, Saul Levi, 1596?-1660.
Related Names
Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University. Libraries)
Language(s)
Spanish
Published
[Place of publication not identified], 1600.
Subjects
Manuscripts, Spanish.
Judaism.
Christianity.
Judaïsme > Ouvrages de controverse > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Judaïsme > Ouvrages apologétiques > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Christianisme > Ouvrages de controverse > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Judaism > Controversial literature > Early works to 1800.
Judaism > Apologetic works > Early works to 1800.
Christianity > Controversial literature > Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Controversial literature.
Apologetic writings.
Summary
The Ms. consists of two parts. The first, comprising 46 chapters, is devoted to a discussion of God's providence, which did not end with the miracles of ancient days but manifests itself continually. Chapters 36-46 are polemical trying to demonstrate the artificial character of early Christian history and religion and to point out the contradictions in the Gospels. The second part of the work undertakes to show the perfection of the Law of Moses, its fullness of scope and its eternity. In this connection, he again plunges into a polemical and apologetic argument to prove that the fundamental Christian beliefs are false and that the New Testament is inadequate to guide the conduct of man. He classifies the precepts of the Mosaic Law into nine Categories. The author is very vehement in regard to the Roman Catholic Church, against whom John Calvin supplied him with violent criticisms, but he goes further and also directs several criticisms against Calvin.
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Occasionally, Summary chapters are introduced, like Ch. 29, 46, etc.
There are many books cited, and incidents related of personal encounters with people with whom he held discussions.
The work is divided into 71 chapters. A full table of contents with titles appears on the first 10 leaves (separately numerated).
Manuscript written paper in Roman cursive characters.
Also available on microfilm.
Physical Description
1,10.437 leaves : illustrations, paper ; 31 x 20 cm
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