Philip Johann Bleibtreu was born at
Frankfurt-am-Main
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in the middle of the seventeenth century, he died there in 1702. Born by the name Meïr, he converted to
Christianity
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from
Judaism
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and took on Philip Johann Bleibtreu as his conversion name.
Bleibtreu published a
German
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work entitled ''Meïr Naor'' (''The Enlightened Meïr''), a play on his Jewish name, Meïr. In 1787 he gave an account of his conversion in Frankfurt, notices on the
Jewish festivals, and on some
Jewish prayer
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s. It is recorded
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ
by Aaron Bernstein 1909, p. 131. that his last words were, "''Ich bleibe treu''" ("I remain faithful").
References
*Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. iii. No. 1834;
* Julius Fürst, ''Bibliotheca Judaica'' i. 120.
External links
Philip Johann Bleibtreu
from the Jewish Encyclopedia
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Philip Johann Bleibtreu
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Messianic Judaism Wiki
1702 deaths
17th-century German Jews
Converts to Christianity from Judaism
Year of birth unknown
German male writers
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