Voltaire. A Philosophical Dictionary; from the French of M. de Voltaire. With Additional Notes, both Critical and Argumentative, by Abner Kneeland. ... First American Stereotype Edition.

Notes

The section, "Messiah" (vol. 2, pp. 145-49), discusses the recurrence of false messiahs in Judaism. For Jewish polemical literature directed against Jesus, see vol. 2, pp. 245-47, within section, "Prophecies." See vol. 2, pp. 154-57, within section, "Miracles," relating the story of Nicholas Anthony, a Catholic from Lorraine, then converted to Protestantism and became a minister in Geneva; he later adopted Judaism in Venice, without being circumcised, and was eventually put to death by burning in Geneva for not abjuring Judaism. Rinderknecht 42288.