Inquiries about Mulder's Bible Translation and a Young Man's Conversion

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Inquiries about Mulder's Bible Translation and a Young Man's Conversion

Description

Letter from E. Lione to Mr. A. Hart inquiring about a Dutch translation of the Bible. The letter also includes a story about a young man of 19 who is about to undergo the ceremony of receiving the Divine Covenant of Abraham, whose parents migrated from Salonica to Jerusalem and were captured by the Greeks and sold as slaves. The letter discusses the young man's upbringing and eventual conversion to Judaism, as well as a report on a shaliach from Shushan and concerns about persecution in Damascus.

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Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx3FF2_16

Collection: The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries

People

Sender: E. Lione

Recipient: Abraham Hart

Dates

Gregorian: April 11, 1867

Hebrew: ו׳ בְּנִיסָן תרכ״ז

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Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Lione, E., Abraham Hart. Letter from E. Lione to Abraham Hart;April 11, 1867.” (April 11, 1867). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx3ff2_16 .