''Ayit Tzavua'' (Hebrew: עיט צבוע), literally ''The Painted Eagle'', or ''The Hypocrite'' is an 1858 Hebrew novel by

Abraham Mapu Abraham Mapu (1808 in Vilijampolė, Kaunas1867 in Königsberg, Prussia) was a Lithuanian novelist. He wrote in Hebrew as part of the Haskalah (enlightenment) movement. His novels, with their lively plots encompassing heroism, adventure and romanti ...

. The novel is partly set in the salon of a Lithuanian magnate, in which enlightened Poles and Jews meet and discuss

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his ...

, philosophy and the Jews.''Polin'' 1874774765 1986 Volume 17 - Page 6 "In Ayit tsavua ('The Hypocrite', 1858-64), a novel by Abraham Mapu, one finds a ridiculously romanticized depiction of the salon of a Lithuanian magnate, where enlightened Poles and Jews meet and discuss Voltaire, philosophy, and the Jews .." It is one of the first modern novels in Hebrew, following the same author's '' Ahavat Zion'' (1853).

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