Voltaire. A Philosophical Dictionary; from the French of M. de Voltaire. With Additional Notes, both Critical and Argumentative, by Abner Kneeland. ... First American Stereotype Edition.
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Year: 1836
Entry: Voltaire. A Philosophical Dictionary; from the French of M. de Voltaire. With Additional Notes, both Critical and Argumentative, by Abner Kneeland. ... First American Stereotype Edition. Boston: Printed and Published by J. Q. Adams, 1836. 2 vols. in 1.
Location: Boston, MA
Holdings: In most academic libraries
Title: Voltaire. A Philosophical Dictionary; from the French of M. de Voltaire. With Additional Notes, both Critical and Argumentative, by Abner Kneeland. ... First American Stereotype Edition.
Printer/Publisher: Printed and Published by J. Q. Adams
Language: English
Notes: The section, "Messiah" (vol. 2, pp. 145-49), discusses the recurrence of false messiahs in Judaism. For Jewish polemical literature directed against Jesus, see vol. 2, pp. 245-47, within section, "Prophecies." See vol. 2, pp. 154-57, within section, "Miracles," relating the story of Nicholas Anthony, a Catholic from Lorraine, then converted to Protestantism and became a minister in Geneva; he later adopted Judaism in Venice, without being circumcised, and was eventually put to death by burning in Geneva for not abjuring Judaism. Rinderknecht 42288.