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