Beschrijving
Jena, Hermann Costenoble, [after 1870], 100pp. softcover paper binding, pages folded, edges frayed. topical satirical comedy about Uriel Acosta (1846), which uses the story of the martyrdom of that forerunner of Spinoza to make a plea for religious freedom. Play written by Karl Gutzkow (born March 17, 1811, Berlin, Prussia [Germany]-died Dec. 16, 1878, Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt am Main) novelist and dramatist who was a pioneer of the modern social novel in Germany. based on the life of Uriel da Costa (Portuguese: [uɾiˈɛl dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]; also Acosta or d'Acosta; c. 1585 – April 1640) was a Jewish philosopher who was born a New Christian but returned to Judaism and ended up questioning the Catholic and rabbinic traditions of his time. This led him into conflict with both Christian and rabbinic institutions and caused his books to be included in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, the List of Prohibited Books by the Catholic Church. Text in Gothic German.
