Antoine Guenée (23 November 1717 – 27 November 1803) was a French

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and

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, born at

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. He wrote, besides various apologetic works, ''Lettres de Quelques Juifs Portugais, Allemands et Polonais, à M. de Voltaire'',

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, 1769, often reprinted and translated into English and other languages. Along with the prominent Sephardic Jew,

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, Guenée defends the Jews against Voltaire's criticisms of their religion and way of life.

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