Menasseh ben Israel's Mission to Oliver Cromwell / Being a reprint of the pamphlets published by Menasseh ben Israel to promote the re-admission of the Jews to England, 1649-1656

An edited collection reproduces a series of seventeenth-century pamphlets arguing for the readmission of Jews to England, accompanied by a scholarly introduction, annotations, documents, portraits, and an index. The introduction traces the centuries of exile, the role of Iberian Crypto-Jews, and the political and religious debates that led to negotiations with the English Protectorate. The reprinted tracts include a theological and legal plea, formal addresses to the Protector, and a rejoinder to critics, all presented with editorial notes and documentary material that clarify the arguments and the historical context surrounding the campaign for readmission.