It is generally believed believehe crime of the war denounced the humanityd to dispense with the reading of a preface that appears most often as an appetizer offered no necessary connection with the work he is presenting to the public. But we dare ask the reader not to open this volume without having read it. The outstanding personality of the author, the subject he has treated, the way this title was composed and revised make some preliminary explanations necessary. These lines also reveal a variety of circumstances which, if we do not deceive ourselves, are already an eloquent commentary of the work itself.

These words he repeated them more than once in his letters <ref> Page XIX </ref> did me the honor to me and I confess to my shame I did not understand everything We intend to argue. In the persuasion that I was of the essence of religion to require an absolute belief in its tenets and entire submission to its practices, to claim a monopoly on truth and anathematized as false all other faiths, I could not imagine that Judaism could observe a significantly different attitude, and despite all the admiration I have professed for his doctrine, I do not see yet in its true light, I continued to The shrink in the judging mentality Christian or Catholic, that is to say, as a Church to well-defined framework, without which there can be, for the soul received or degree of faith where I was, no peace Domestic or productive activity. It was necessary that I may better understand the divine plan, as I explained the revered master, many reflections and many studies still. It was above all that I undertook the revision of the manuscript "Israel and Humanity", which work called me the confidence of his son, Emmanuel Benamozegh, who told me the intimate details included in this preface and, together with filial piety and perseverance that no difficulty had been rebuffed, has worked for four years to complete the publication of this book <ref> Here are the works of Elie Benamozegh, such that he gave himself in his <i> Library Hebraism </i> (Belforte, 1897) periodical which was published its various unpublished works:<br>

<i> Spinoza and the Kabbalah </i> - detached from the Universe booklet Israelite.<br>

<i> tradition Mosaic </i> - in the Jewish universe.<br>

Morality and Moral <i> Jewish Christian </i>-ed. Kauffman, Paris 1867 - winning work by the Alliance Israelite.<br>

<i> The crime of the war denounced the humanity </i> - work that earned medal and honorable mention in the competition of the League of Peace, on the report of Jules Simon, Ed. Laboulaye and Mr. Senator Frederic Passy.<br>

<i> Introduction to Israel and humanity </i>.<br>

Storia degli <i> Esseni </i>, edit. Le Monnier, Firenze, 1865.<br>

Cinque <i> conferenze sulla Pentecost </i>, Livorno, tip. Benamozegh, 1886.<br>

<i> teologia Dogmatics </i>, Dio - ed. Vigo Livorno, 1877.<br>

Lettere has <i> S. D. Luzzatto, </i> Livorno, 1890.<br>

In the years 1868-1870 Rivista Bolognese Mr. Panzacchi, various articles:<br>

<i> Frederick II of Sicily </i> and Hebrew studies.<br>

<i> Plotinus and Samuel </i> (the Talmud).<br>

<i> From the period midway between the Bible and the Rabbis. </i><br>

In Rivista <i> </i> Bolognese M. de Gubernatis:<br>

The creation by Hebraism (Theosophical).<br>

<i> Fonti del diritto e il Testamento Ebraico Samama - 1 vol. Livorno, Zecchini, 1882 </i><br>

<i> Contro replica </i> sull'argomento stesso Vigo, 1883.<br>

<i> Critica criticabile </i> - Apologia contro Rev. Europ.<br>

The truth <i> sulla quarrel Tubiana 1861. </i><br>

The truth Tubiana e sulle due tipografie Benamozegh.<br>

<i> Pentateuch or </i> Em Lammicra - text and notes in Hebrew, 5 vols.<br>

<i> Emat mafghia - </i> Response to the book antikabbalistique Leon of Modena, in Hebrew, 1855.<br>

<i> Taam lechad </i> - Refutation of Dialogues on Kabbalah Prof. Luzzatto, Hebrew<br>

<i> beasch Jaan </i> - the cremation, in Hebrew, reprinted by the author's son, Livorno 1906.<br>

General introduction to all the monuments of Tradition, in Hebrew, partly published in the Lebanon<br>

Zori <i> Ghilead </i> - Apology of the <i> Em Lammicra </i> in response to the Chief Rabbis of Jerusalem.<br>