- MANASSEH-BEN-ISRAEL
- a Jewish rabbi, born at Lisbon; settled at Amsterdam; wrote several works in the interest of Judaism (1604-1659).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
MANASSEH-BEN-ISRAEL
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