Description: This book examines the problem of cultural translation and mistranslation on the part of Menasseh ben Israel's readers who were not ready to share his vision of a Jewish-Christian republic of letters whose members enjoyed mutual respect and collaborated to improve the situatio...
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While in her book Rauschenbach does not speculate on Menasseh's inner life, she nevertheless manages to paint a complex character. She does so by superbly analyzing the way Menasseh developed into a mediator committed to cultural transfer from Amsterdam's Iberian Jewry to the Christian Republic of Letters with its many Christian denominations.