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Geschichte zweyer merkwürdigen Bekehrungen zur katholischen Religion: nämlich des Herrn Thayers, eines protestantischen Ministers in Amerika, und des Herrn Johann Joseph Keidecks, eines Rabbiners in Deutschland.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Misc Print Collection box 16 no 28
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merz, Aloys, 1727-1792, author.
- Language:
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Lutherans--18th century.
- Lutherans.
- Jews--Conversion to Christianity--18th century.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 48 pages ; 16 cm (8vo)
- Manufacture:
- [Augsburg, Germany] : [printer not identified], 1787
- Summary:
- Pamphlet issued to report the conversion to the Catholic Church of Boston Puritan Minister John Thayer, and Cologne Rabbi Moses Levi (who assumed the name Johann Joseph Keideck, converted by the Capuchins with five other Cologne Jewish families in 1783).
- Contents:
- Geschichte der Bekehrung des Herrn Thayers, eines Protestanischen Ministers in Amerika zur Katholischen Religion
- Geschichte von der Bekehrung und Tause des Herrn Johann Joseph Keideck, eines berühmten Rabbiners in Deutschland, von diesem neubekehrten selbst versertiget.
- Notes:
- Woodcut head-pieces; tail-pieces.
- Signatures: A-E⁸.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Misc Print Collection box 16 no 28: Complete; disbound. Purchased at Kestenbaum & Co., Auction 53, lot 104 (Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund).
- Cited in:
- Verzeichnis Deutscher Drucke des 18 Jahrhunderts, 10697152
- OCLC:
- 1540967489
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