5 Two English Ladies and a Jew from Polotsk

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1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Contents IX
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Continental Beginnings 13
6. 2 Finding a Jewish Voice on British Soil: Bennett’s The Constancy of Israel (1809) 35
7. 3 Jewish Adversaries 57
8. 4 Christian Admirers 78
9. 5 Two English Ladies and a Jew from Polotsk 98
10. 6 The Artist as Exegete: Bennett’s Temple of Ezekiel (Torat Ha-Bayit) (1824) 123
11. 7 On the Singularity and Sanctity of the Hebrew Language 140
12. 8 A Jewish Gift to British Civilization: A New Translation of the English Bible 155
13. Afterword 187
14. Appendix I: Two Early Treatises of Solomon Bennett 197
15. Appendix II: The Engravings of Solomon Bennett 207
16. Appendix III: A Note on the German Translation of The Constancy of Israel 213
17. List of Figures 217
18. Bibliography 219
19. Index 231