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On Naphtali Herz Ulman’S Biography and the Reception of His Works in the Netherlands

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  1. Hartog Ulman van Mentz, Betoog van het aanwezen Gods en deszelfs eigenschappen a priori, waarin alles uit de eerste gronden der waarheid in een natuurlijken’ t zamenhang uit elkander afgeleit, en volgens de mathematische leerwijze word voorgesteld, 88 pp., 4o, and Apologia of verdediging der wijsbegeerte, in welke de leer en eer van Hartog Ulman tegen de vijanden der waarheid verdedigt, en de kragteloosheid der godlooze laster en beschul-digingen door zijn vervolgers uitgestrooit, op goede gronden aangetoont word, 56 pp., 4o, Amsterdam 1769 [University Library Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, shelf number XP.01408].

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van Lieburg, F. (2004). On Naphtali Herz Ulman’S Biography and the Reception of His Works in the Netherlands. In: Berger, S., Brocke, M., Zwiep, I. (eds) Zutot 2003. Zutot: Perspectives on Jewish Culture, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2628-5_8

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