Philip Johann Bleibtreu was born at

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in the middle of the seventeenth century, he died there in 1702. Born by the name Meïr, he converted to

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and took on Philip Johann Bleibtreu as his conversion name. Bleibtreu published a

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work entitled ''Meïr Naor'' (''The Enlightened Meïr''), a play on his Jewish name, Meïr. In 1787 he gave an account of his conversion in Frankfurt, notices on the

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, and on some Jewish prayers. It is recordedSome Jewish Witnesses For Christ
by Aaron Bernstein 1909, p. 131. that his last words were, "''Ich bleibe treu''" ("I remain faithful").

References

*Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. iii. No. 1834; *

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, ''Bibliotheca Judaica'' i. 120.

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