Skip to content

Subject: Religious debate

No additional authority information available for Religious debate.


Ingersoll and Moses: A ReplyIngersoll and Moses: A Reply

This book, published in Chicago, Illinois in 1880, is a response to Robert Green Ingersoll's views on Moses and the Bible. The author, Curtiss, refutes Ingersoll's arguments, presenting a counter-narrative. The book delves into theological and historical interpretations of the biblical figure of Moses and his role in Jewish history and religious thought. The exact arguments presented are not available without reading the text itself.

Letter from "S.J. the Hazan" to Isaac Leeser Regarding an Essay in the Occident and American Jewish Advocate, March 1858Letter from "S.J. the Hazan" to Isaac Leeser Regarding an Essay in the Occident and American Jewish Advocate, March 1858

A three-page letter dated March 1858, written by "S.J. the Hazan" to Isaac Leeser, criticizing an essay published in the *Occident and American Jewish Advocate*. The letter contains strong criticism of the essay's biblical interpretations and challenges Leeser's editorial decision to publish it. The letter provides insight into public debates among Orthodox Jews regarding biblical interpretations. The letter is written in English.

Letters on the Evidences of ChristianityLetters on the Evidences of Christianity

This 1869 edition of Benjamin Dias Fernandez's "Letters on the Evidences of Christianity" is a significant work within the context of 19th-century American Judaism. Originally written in 1740 and first published serially in Solomon Henry Jackson's "The Jew," the letters were later compiled and published in book form by Isaac Leeser in 1853. This 1869 edition reflects the theological debates between Isaac Mayer Wise's Reform movement and Leeser's Orthodox stance. The book presents a Jewish perspective on refuting Christian arguments for the faith. The book also includes a description of a trial concerning the publication of the book 'Maaseh Taluy- Yeshu Hanotzri' in New York. This trial became a significant public debate between Judaism and Christianity in the United States.