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So who helped to write Mendes' last letter, if not Ester?

Franciscus van den Enden - Flemish former Jesuit,[4] Neo-Latin poet, physician, art dealer, philosopher, and plotter against Louis XIV of France. Born in Antwerp, where he had a truncated career as a Jesuit and an art dealer, he moved later to the Dutch Republic where he became part of a group of radical thinkers sometimes referred to as the Amsterdam Circle, who challenged prevailing views on politics and religion.

So now I think I'm going to be learning about Shakespearean theater with Ester and Mary. A way out for Ester from her life of servitude and loneliness! Or Mary maybe?

Baruch Spinoza- Deus sive Natura - God or Nature...

False messiah, London, Sabbati Zevi

came to London (Oliver Cromwell) after especially hard prosecution in Spain during the inquisition.

1657- The main influx of jews that came to London were of Iberian ancestry - sephardic, maybe? not Ashkanazi, and unwilling to mix with those of Polish or Russian ancestry.

Genizah- Document trove of anything using the name of God (not permissible to dispose of).

Excited for this one. I think it'll be informative and entertaining. Just picked it up at the Goodwill bookstore yesterday.