Ayit Tzavua (Hebrew: עיט צבוע), literally The Painted Eagle, or The Hypocrite is an 1858 Hebrew novel by Abraham Mapu. The novel is partly set in the salon of a Lithuanian magnate, in which enlightened Poles and Jews meet and discuss Voltaire, philosophy and the Jews.[1] It is one of the first modern novels in Hebrew, following the same author's Ahavat Zion (1853).

עיט צבוע
AuthorAbraham Mapu
LanguageHebrew
Publication date
1858
Media typePrint

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  1. ^ Polin 1874774765 1986 Volume 17 - Page 6 "In Ayit tsavua ('The Hypocrite', 1858-64), a novel by Abraham Mapu, one finds a ridiculously romanticized depiction of the salon of a Lithuanian magnate, where enlightened Poles and Jews meet and discuss Voltaire, philosophy, and the Jews .."