Letter from J. C. VanBeil to Isaac Leeser;February 06, 1850 · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title: Letter from J. C. VanBeil to Isaac Leeser;February 06, 1850
Author: J. C. VanBeil
Contributor: Isaac Leeser
Date Created: 6 February 1850
Location(s): Philadelphia
Format: Letter. 1 page(s).
Type: Letter
Language(s): English
Has Format: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3tq5s09f/manifest.json
Link to Colenda: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3tq5s09f
Physical Characteristics: Unlined Paper; Manuscript
Is Part Of: The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries
content: Washington Square Feby 6. 1850.
Dear Sir
Some time since while conversing with a young man who disgraces the name of Jews by considering the Bible merely “a true history” well sir this young man did not be-lieve that “God could be all-merciful nor could he know what was to occur in future” else he would not have planted in the Garden of Eden the tree of knowledge and the murder of Abel would not have occurred.
I did not know how to contradict this but merely said “the Bible is the word of God; say that He is not good, powerful, merciful, all knowing and all wise and you are no longer a Jew: the Bible is the rock on which we build Our House; the Lord is our God.”
He said I was one of those who believed without enquiring &c. How shall I answer him?
Very Respy & Very Truly Yrs
J. C. VanBeil
Revd Dr Leeser
Identifier: LSDCBx1FF7_2
Date: 1850-02-06