Abraham Coster | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 1575 |
Died | 1620 (aged 44–45) |
Denomination | Calvinism |
Residence | Amsterdam |
Abraham Coster (1575–1620) [1] was a Dutch anti-Jewish preacher who lived at Amsterdam in the seventeenth century.
He wrote Histoire der Joden, a three-part history of the Jews from their dispersion to the author's time, [2] first published in 1608. [3] In this history he described the manners, customs, and fables of the exiles, with the purpose of influencing the authorities to prevent the Jews of Amsterdam from building a new synagogue. [4]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1903).
"Coster, Abraham".
The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 292.
Abraham Coster | |
---|---|
Personal details | |
Born | 1575 |
Died | 1620 (aged 44–45) |
Denomination | Calvinism |
Residence | Amsterdam |
Abraham Coster (1575–1620) [1] was a Dutch anti-Jewish preacher who lived at Amsterdam in the seventeenth century.
He wrote Histoire der Joden, a three-part history of the Jews from their dispersion to the author's time, [2] first published in 1608. [3] In this history he described the manners, customs, and fables of the exiles, with the purpose of influencing the authorities to prevent the Jews of Amsterdam from building a new synagogue. [4]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1903).
"Coster, Abraham".
The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 292.