WRITER

Menasseh Ben Israel

1604 - 1657

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Manoel Dias Soeiro (Dutch: [maːˈnul ˈdijɑ(s) ˈsʋeːroː]; 1604 – 20 November 1657), better known by his Hebrew name Menasseh or Menashe ben Israel (מנשה בן ישראל), was a Jewish scholar, rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer, publisher, and founder of the first Hebrew printing press (named Emeth Meerets Titsmah) in Amsterdam in 1626. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Menasseh Ben Israel has received more than 201,880 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Menasseh Ben Israel is the 2,590th most popular writer (down from 2,391st in 2019), the 2,831st most popular biography from France (down from 195th in 2019) and the 357th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sefer Nishmat ḥayim
Jewish Eschatology, Judaism, Early works to 1800
1651
Menasseh ben Israel's mission to Oliver Cromwell
Jews, Accessible book
1901
De la fragilité humaine et de l'inclination de l'homme au péché
Judaism, Early works to 1800, Sin (Judaism)
1996
Menasseh ben Israel
Bibliography, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, Rare books
1998
Menasseh Ben Israel's Mission To Oliver Cromwell
2007

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Menasseh Ben Israel ranks 2,590 out of 7,302. Before him are Constantin von Wurzbach, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Karl Gutzkow, Isaac Deutscher, Jim Thompson, and Penelope Fitzgerald. After him are Idris Bitlisi, Konstantin Batyushkov, Boris Pilnyak, Gerald Gardner, Emma Orczy, and Friedrich von Lütke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1604, Menasseh Ben Israel ranks 13. Before him are Claudia de' Medici, Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Zheng Zhilong, Abraham Bosse, and Catherine of Brandenburg. After him are Antoine III de Gramont, Heinrich Albert, Jan Boeckhorst, Jakob Balde, and John Eliot. Among people deceased in 1657, Menasseh Ben Israel ranks 17. Before him are Andrew Bobola, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Hayashi Razan, Robert Blake, Olimpia Maidalchini, and Jacob van Eyck. After him are Johann Baptist Cysat, Evert van Aelst, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, John Lilburne, William Bradford, and Dilras Banu Begum.

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In France

Among people born in France, Menasseh Ben Israel ranks 2,831 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Patou (1887), Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (1000), Jean-Jacques Henner (1829), Joseph Laniel (1889), Marie of Lorraine (1674), and Michel Constantin (1924). After him are Jules Jamin (1818), Mélanie Laurent (1983), Adolphe Alphand (1817), Léon Flameng (1877), Musidora (1889), and Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (1715).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Menasseh Ben Israel ranks 357. Before him are René Crevel (1900), Bernard Werber (1961), André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), Catulle Mendès (1841), Hilaire Belloc (1870), and Théophile de Viau (1590). After him are Paschasius Radbertus (792), Varro Atacinus (-82), Jules Guesde (1845), Mirra Alfassa (1878), Petrus Comestor (1100), and Lupus Servatus (805).

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