Letters to the Jews : inviting them to an amicable discussion of the evidences of Christianity / by Joseph Priestley ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.

Contributor:

George L. Murray Fund.

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apologetics--History--18th century.

Apologetics.

History.

Apologetics--Early works to 1800.

Judaism--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800.

Judaism--Controversial literature.

Genre:

Advertisements -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 54 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

Fingerprint:

42V. asis ishe "T-O (3) 1786 (R)

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Printed by Pearson and Rollason ; [London] : And sold by J. Johnson ... London, MDCCLXXXVI [1786]

Contents:

Letter I. Of the peculiar privileges of the Jewish nation, and the causes of their prejudices against Christianity

Letter II. Of the present dispersed and calamitous state of the Jewish nation

Letter III. Of the historical evidences of the divine mission of Christ

Letter IV. Of the doctrine concerning the Messiah

Letter V. Miscellaneous observations, and conclusion.

Notes:

Signatures: [A]² B-D⁸ E⁴.

Errata on leaf [A]2v.

Advertisement on last printed leaf.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George L. Murray Fund.

Penn Libraries copy bound with: Levi, David. Letters to Dr. Priestly. London : Printed for the author and sold by J. Johnson ..., J. Walker ..., and J. Parsons ..., MDCCLXXXVII [1787] -- Priestley, Joseph. Letters to the Jews, part II. Birmingham : Printed for the author, by Pearson and Rollason : [London] : And sold by J. Johnson ... London, MDCCLXXXVII [1787] -- Levi, David. Letters to Dr. Priestley in answer to his Letters to the Jews, part II, occasioned by Mr. David Levi's reply to the former part. London : Printed for the author and sold by J. Johnson ..., J. Walker ..., and J. Parsons ..., MDCCLXXXIX [1789].

Penn Libraries copy has effaced ms. inscription at head of title leaf.

Cited in:

ESTC T116163

OCLC:

12212298