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    Ip bis treatise ^ entitled Jerumi t&Oy be very ably discusses the subjects of religious liberty and the Mosaic dispensation . His purpose in writing i * , was to place toleration x > n its prosper basis , ami to remove the popular prejudices against his Jewish brethren .

    At the request of Hirscbei Levi * chief rabbm at Berlin , he drew tup hfs * Ritual of the Jews . ' In this undertaking also he had the benefit of tiie ittembers of his

    owncommunk > n principally rn view ; The work is a compendiom < rf those of their laivs which relate to p * 6 |) efty , and , the knowledge of which is essential in suits between

    individuals of this people . Such knovd ledge had hitherto been withholden from many of them , in consequence oJv ^ be regulations in question Ib ^ ipg veiled inrabbinieal Hebrew : bt # Mendelssohn now presented it to the German Jews , in tfene

    Ian-M&&gp ° f the country , and ift A clear and attractive style . Ufi wrofe , mor&jver , a Commen tary , in Hebrew , on the Book o £ Ecclesiastes , and puJbfehr ^ d separately , etyrnfciogidai notes on / this part of the Bit ^ le , for the use of students .

    With the benevolent intention of aiding the Jewish youth of Germany , in thestudy of the verR ^ cu-Jar language , he printed his vet . sion ofth ^ lite feooks of Moses , a

    specimen of vvitkh he had before giyfe « ifo 3 ie w oli ^* Of his translation of the Psalms ioipe aceouht Avitl , dotibtl ^ ss , be ^<(^ tat > te to the readers of the ^^^ ly ^^ pdtffttty . ; • . * . ' Jf * Hm&glt&A >> t& Ramler , a

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    teasers ^ ccjuainW * mm Alike stfep * byvvhich he advanced in executing ^ t version of « i / the Psal m ^ and with tbe motives which promp ted him to the undertaking . He has divided his trans Nation idto

    five bobksv ^ fd im ates design of reserving some critical observations for a ftrture vokirae , which fcowever h ^ not appealed . The- version is eminently simple , pure and elegant , and often pre sCnts teadings- which are sin ^ ul « # ly i ** PPf * ih-tHsM covtotiryit d&es not seem to lie so much kno ^ vii as

    it deserves ; although it str ©*> g ly claims the notice of tbede Modents who have the means of avaiting themselves of the choic « fe % tfi&a * . strres of German liierfcUH » : e atid theology . ThS coirtrfen ^ ersi es to wliteh

    Mendelssohn was a party f wef < i highly fBjuriotis te his fileallk And sprrits . ,,, Lavater , famtfus * tJbrl >» ght > ttt Europe for his labdurs ^ , M we must not call them hia reverte » , in Pbystognott * y > had translated from : the French a work <> #

    Bonnets , in proof- m w trttth of CirKtiainty ^ - ^ and , with the best intentions , dedicated his volume 16 MenckHssobn . The language of tht ? dedkation gave it the air of a challenge r&ther than the appearance trf Cln « et of courtesy . Mendelssohn wto called upo « by the zealous- translator either to

    refute the arguments of Bonnet , or td embrace and avow the Ghristian faith . With the indelicacy of this proceeding he wa&juslly Katt , and he published ^ in ^ con *

    sequehce r a leUer tc Lavauer in ^ HA : he states hi * reason * for ^ r fi ifftrfe ift ^ rffectBst ^ n * tte is ^ rn ape to be com mert ^ ed lor not obeying diicA ^ a cummoiMJ into the

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1813, page 224, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2427/page/4/