Jews, is especially noteworthy on account of the mass of new material used. The work was translated into English, under the title "Israel and the Gentiles," by Ward Kennedy (London, 1850), and into German by "A Friend of God's Word" (Miss Thumb), published by K. Mann (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1855). Da Costa's two papers, "The Jews in Spain and Portugal" and "The Jews from Spain and Portugal in the Netherlands," which appeared in 1836 in the "Nedersche Stemmen over Godsdienst, Staat-Geschied-en Letterkunde," may be considered as preliminary to the history. Of interest also are his works on the Von Schoonenberg (Belmonte) family ("Jahrb. für Holland," 1851) and on "The Noble Families Among the Jews" ("Navorscher," 1857, pp. 210 et seq., 269 et seq.; 1858, pp. 71 et seq.; 1859, pp. 110 et seq., 174 et seq., 242 et seq.). Da Costa possessed a valuable library which contained a large number of Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew manuscripts, as well as rare prints from the Spanish-Portuguese Jewish literature. It was sold at public auction a year after his death. A catalogue of the library, compiled by M. Roest, was published at Amsterdam in 1861. Works Vijf-en-twintig Jaren ("Twenty-five years") De Slag bij Nieuwpoort ("The Battle of Nieuport") Alfonsus de Eerste Poëzy Bezwaren tegen den geest der eeuw. In this essay, written in 1823, only 25 years old, he attacked the Encyclopaedists, Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot, Kant, Robert Owen and Lord Byron. De Sadduceën Paulus, eene schriftbeschouwing Opmerkingen over het onderscheidende karakter der Groninger School Hagar Israël en de Volken; een overzicht van de geschiedenis der Joden tot op onzen tijd ("Israel and the Gentiles: Contributions to the History of the Jews From the Earliest Times to the Present Day") Een en twintig dagen te Londen, bij gelegenheid der zamenkomsten van de Evangelische Alliantie, doorgebracht Beschouwingen van het Evangelie van Lucas Bilderdijk herdacht Beschouwingen van de Handelingen der Apostelen Wat er door de Theologische Faculteit te Leiden al zoo geleerd wordt De Mensch en de dichter Willem Bilderdijk, eene bijdrage tot de kennis van zijn leven, karakter, en schriften Opstellen van godgeleerden en geschiedkundigen inhoud Da C.'s kompleete dichtwerken Bijbellezingen. Op geteekend en medegedeeld door Johan Frederik Schimsheimer The Four Witnesses: Being a Harmony of the Gospels on a New Principle English trans. by David Dundas Scott Citations References External links 1798 births 1860 deaths Converts to Protestantism from Judaism Dutch Christians Dutch Sephardi Jews Dutch