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- ↑ Biblical and Near Eastern studies: essays in honor of William Sanford La Sor, Gary A. Tuttle – 1978 "In 1705 he published a letter of exhortation to his Jewish brethren. This came out in Bern, but it is at Zurich that his most important works are now preserved, still in manuscript. These include three translations: the New Testament."
- ↑ Johann F. A. de Le Roi Die evangelische Christenheit und die Juden unter dem ... 1884 "Von den Proselyten der Schweiz erwähnen wir Rudolph Bernhard, der unter dem Titel Lekach Tob einen Brief 1705 an die Juden richtete, in welchem er sie zur.."
- ↑ Jean Carmignac The birth of the Synoptic Gospels 1987 "Rudolph Bernhard, who was known as Jacob Levi when he was a rabbi in Prague, left a manuscript translation in Hebrew of Matthew, Mark, and Luke up to chapter 16:31, made at the beginning of the eighteenth century."