Lazarus, Emma:
Was the Earl of Beaconsfield a Jew?

In: Century 23, 6 (1882), 939-942

Mention of Spinoza: Ja/Yes
Other editions / translations: Erneut/Again in: Schor, Esther: Emma Lazarus. - New York, NY : Nextbook, 2006 (Jewish Encounters): 128-133

Literature type: Articles
Language: English
Thematic areas: Spinoza and Judaism / Jewish philosophy, Literary or artistic representation
Subject (individuals): Disraeli, Benjamin (= Earl of Beaconsfield)

English commentary: "Spinoza and Shylock" [standing for Beaconsfield] "as the opposite poles of the Hebraic character" (quatation from the newspaper article), i.e. "the lofty philosopher and the ignoble moneylender, the first modern Jew and a medieval holdover" (Schor, Esther: Emma Lazarus. - New York : Schocken, 2006 (Jewish Encounters): 129).

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