Acosta, Uriel, approximately 1585-1640

LC control no.	n 50050830
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Acosta, Uriel, approximately 1585-1640 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Acosta, Uriel, ca. 1585-1640 Akosta, Uriėlʹ, approximately 1585-1640 Aḳosṭah, Uriʼel, approximately 1585-1640 Costa, Gabriel da, approximately 1585-1640 Costa, Uriel, approximately 1585-1640 Costa, Uriel da, approximately 1585-1640 Da Costa, Gabriel, approximately 1585-1640 Da Costa, Uriel, approximately 1585-1640 Dakosta, Uriėlʹ, approximately 1585-1640 Uriel, jurista hebreo, approximately 1585-1640 אקוסטה, אוריאל, 1585 approximately-1640
Birth date	1585~
Death date	1640
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Philosophers
Special note	Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found in	Shmueli, E. Masoreth u-mahpekhah, 1942. Burnshaw, S. The refusers, c1981: p. 5 (Uriel da Costa) Encyc. Brit., 15th ed. (Acosta, Uriel; b. c.1585, d. April 1640) Encyc. Judaica, 1971 (Costa, Uriel da (Acosta); 1585-1640) Examination of Pharisaic traditions, 1993: CIP t.p. (Uriel da Costa) facsim. of orig. t.p. (Uriel jurista hebreo) Wikipedia, 24 February 2017 (Uriel da Costa (ca. 1585 - April 1640) or Uriel Acosta (from the Latin form of his Portuguese surname, Costa, or da Costa) was a philosopher and skeptic who immigrated from Portugal to the Dutch Republic. Costa was born in Porto with the name Gabriel da Costa Fiuza. His parents were cristãos novos, or New Christians, Christians who had converted from Judaism to Catholicism, also known as Marranos, in order to avoid the civil persecutions of Jews in Spain and Portugal. After his father died, he began to very carefully reveal his newfound sentiments to his family. Ultimately, in 1617, the whole family decided to return to Judaism; they fled Portugal for Amsterdam, which was widely known at the time to be a unique sanctuary of European religious freedom. His book [An Examination of the Traditions of the Pharisees] became very controversial among the local Jewish community and was burned publicly. Costa was called before the rabbinic leadership of Amsterdam for uttering blasphemous views against Judaism. He was fined a significant sum and excommunicated)