Name Samuel Usque | Role Author | |
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Books Consolation for the Tribulations of Israel (Consolacam As Tribulacoens de Israel) | ||
Who Was Samuel Usque? The Sephardic Diaspora, Pt. 2 Dr. Henry Abramson
Samuel Usque (Lisbon, c.1500 - after 1555 in Italy or Palestine) was a Portuguese marrano Jewish author who settled in Ferrara.
His major work is the Consolação ás Tribulações de Israel ("Consolation for the Tribulations of Israel"), Ferrara, 1553. He appears to be the only one of the contemporaries of Solomon ibn Verga to have made use of the latter's Sceptre of Judah.
He is credited with coining the epithet "Mother of Israel" (Judaeo-Spanish: Madre de Israel) for the Greek city of Thessaloniki.
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