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You'll need to scroll down a little bit past my very brief summary of this whole story.Richard Jeffrey Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02816999977762428294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-18694996167885177012011-11-13T20:22:52.630-05:002011-11-13T20:22:52.630-05:00Glad you enjoyed it.
Plagiarized or not, it's...Glad you enjoyed it.<br /><br />Plagiarized or not, it's a fine bit of writing and was worth bringing to 'the world's' attention.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-61036409530692446972011-11-13T18:59:22.309-05:002011-11-13T18:59:22.309-05:00Splendid post -- I found the parable in H.W. Brand...Splendid post -- I found the parable in H.W. Brands' bio of Franklin, without any mention of its origin.Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-28405420880451073952010-07-20T19:44:03.333-04:002010-07-20T19:44:03.333-04:00It's not a generally accepted view. It's a...It's not a generally accepted view. It's an urban legend promoted by antisemites themselves.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Franklin_Prophecy<br /><br />Although it is of course possible for 18th century philosophes to be antisemites (Voltaire anyone?) it's actually not the norm, and was very reactionary for one purporting to be enlightened.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-90982852447095481062010-07-20T19:02:01.347-04:002010-07-20T19:02:01.347-04:00any comment on the generally accepted view that dr...any comment on the generally accepted view that dr (?) franklin was an anti semite (though he did "subscribe" to a synasgogue in philadelphia (the one that originally was a unitarian church))?MiMedinat HaYamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-12292198633016632092010-05-06T11:33:09.696-04:002010-05-06T11:33:09.696-04:00And David Hume was a Scotsman. Maybe to these Hebr...And David Hume was a Scotsman. Maybe to these Hebrew authors, any writer who wrote in English was an English writer. I realize that Scotland is on the same island as England, but the distinction was still arguably an important one.Mike Koplowhttp://considerthesource2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-22505729890723696782010-05-04T13:40:09.704-04:002010-05-04T13:40:09.704-04:00Anon, it's here, pg. 83 ("Story on the Go...Anon, it's <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=uhDgAAAAMAAJ&pg" rel="nofollow">here</a>, pg. 83 ("Story on the Good Qualities of Prophets"). Evidently the Project Gutenberg version is an incomplete translation. I also see that there are some errors in this post, including the wrong picture for the Asiatic Review's translation of this passage in the Bustan. So I will make the corrections.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-69543986015050970712010-05-04T09:17:30.811-04:002010-05-04T09:17:30.811-04:00Great postGreat postZoharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13777354773864518000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-73466300384753919512010-05-04T02:01:48.437-04:002010-05-04T02:01:48.437-04:00Fascinating. However, when I attempted to search f...Fascinating. However, when I attempted to search for this story in two internet translations of Sa'di's Bustan I was unsuccessful. <br />[http://enel.ucalgary.ca/People/far/hobbies/iran/Boostan/bustan.pdf<br />and<br />http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/bus/]<br />Any suggestions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-44556236000824554612010-05-03T23:06:41.720-04:002010-05-03T23:06:41.720-04:00Intressante. [Kudos, also, upon Dr. Leiman citing ...Intressante. [Kudos, also, upon Dr. Leiman citing you and your earlier Golem post on today's Seforim blog.]<br /><br />DFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-43598955988362697942010-05-03T17:50:18.710-04:002010-05-03T17:50:18.710-04:00I've LOVE to hear what R' Chaim Kanievsky ...I've LOVE to hear what R' Chaim Kanievsky would say if he was shown the Hebrew.Gadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-75558294985990273612010-05-03T17:45:23.497-04:002010-05-03T17:45:23.497-04:00I second that "Excellent post" comment. ...I second that "Excellent post" comment. I love reading about, ahem, Binyamin Franklin and the Jews. -- PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-30851650242790677992010-05-03T17:38:34.629-04:002010-05-03T17:38:34.629-04:00Excellent post. Regarding secular names, see the ...Excellent post. Regarding secular names, see the Hida's comment regarding Menahem Azariah of Fano's secular name, Immanuel, in Shem HaGedolim under the entry for Menahem.Dan Rabinowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519934722728609504noreply@blogger.com