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(jt) Austria) Eidelberg, Shlomo
JEWISH LIFE IN AUSTRIA IN THE XVTH CENTURY: AS REFLECTED IN THE LEGAL WRITINGS OF RABBI ISRAEL ISSERLEIN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
8vo; 140 pages; Important work. Ex-library with bookplate, discard stamp, and residue form label on back cover. Hinge starting. Slight wear to spine. Otherwise, very good condition. (k-rab-3-28)
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(Jt) Avinery, Isaac.
KIBUSHE HA-`IVRIT BE-DORENU.
(FT) 16mo. 195 pages. In Hebrew. English title: The achievements of modern Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew language. OCLC lists 26 copies worldwide. SERIES: Le-khol. Ex library with minimal markings and library binding. Light moisture marks on first and last couple pages, good+ condition. (HebLit-4-5)
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(Jt) Avnery, Shraga.
SHIN SHALOM : HEDIM, TEGUVOT U-MAAMARIM `AL SHIRATO.
(FT) 8vo. 333 pages. In Hebrew. English title: Shin Shalom : a selection of critical essays on his poetry. SUBJECT(S) : Shalon, Shin, b. 1904; Poetry, Hebrew. Shalom Spiegel's copy with his bookplate. Has rubbed dust jacket. Good+ condition. (HebLit-5-16)
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(Jt) B Charloff; David Goldstein
FUN YARID
Original wraps. 4to. 6 pages. 31 cm. Edition. Words in Yiddish romanized, also printed as text in Yiddish script. For medium voice and piano. Music by B. Charloff; words by David Goldstein. Boris Charloff (1896-1972) cantor, composer, served in Toronto Synagogues. J 141; Metro Music Co. Wraps printed in brown ink, with portrait of Charloff. Subjects: Songs (Medium voice) with piano. Songs, Yiddish. OCLC lists 6 copies. Three hole punch on side, institutional stamps in gutter of first page, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (MUSIC-3-28)
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(Jt) Bacher, Wilhelm; Alexander Siskind Barinovitz.
AGADAT AMORAE ERETS-YISRAEL. VOLUME 2.
(FT) 8vo. 269 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two, in two parts. SUBJECT(S) : Amoraim; Aggada. Ex library. Light wear, good condition. (HebLit-5-11)
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(Jt) Bahya Ben Joseph Ibn Pakuda, Yehuda Ibn Tibon and Saul Israel Hurwitz
TORAT HOVOT HA-LEVAVOT LE-RABENU BAHYA BEN YOSEF IBN PAKUDAH
(FT) Hardcover, 8vo, 139 pages, 19 cm. In Hebrew. Bahya ben Joseph ibn Paquda (also: Pakuda, Bakuda, Hebrew: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ) was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived at Saragossa, Spain, in the first half of the eleventh century. He is often referred to as Rabbeinu Bachya
. He was the author of the first Jewish system of ethics, written in Arabic in 1040 under the title Al Hidayah ila Faraid al-Qulub, Guide to the Duties of the Heart, and translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon in the years 1161-80 under the title Chovot ha-Levavot, Instruction in the Duties of the Heart. Little is known of his life except that he bore the title of dayan, judge at the rabbinical court. Bahya was thoroughly familiar with the Jewish rabbinic literature, as well as the philosophical and scientific Arabic, Greek and Roman literature, quoting frequently from the works of non-Jewish moral philosophers in his work (Wikipedia, 2010) . SUBJECT(S) : Ethics, Jewish -- Early works to 1800. Judaism. A medieval Jewish ethical and philosophical treatise. Be-tirgumo shel Yehudah Ibn TivonPreface. Other Titles: Hovot ha-levavot. ; Sefer torat hovot ha-levavot. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Wear to cover and binding. Slight browning to pages, some delicate. Some fading to cover. Tear through cover spine. Otherwise, good condition. (Sef-33-15)
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(Jt) Balzak, Binyamin Ben David.
SEFER TORAT HA-ADAM.
(FT) 8vo. 157 pages. In Hebrew. Complete - two volumes bound in one. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism - apologetic works; Christianity - controversial literature. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Spertus Institute, JTSA) . Pages tanned, otherwise very good condition. (HebLit-2-19) xx
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(Jt) Bar-Yossef, Yehoshua.
HA-`OMDIM `AL HA-SAF : ROMAN.
(FT) 12mo. 310 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Ex library. Pages tanned, Water stains in corners, good condition. (HebLit-4-1)
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(Jt) Barth, Aron.
BERIAT HA-`OLAM BAOR HA-MADO HA-HADISH.
(FT) 8vo. 11, 109 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Creation; Judaism and science. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Yale, JTSA) . Ex library. Light water stains throughout, covers soiled, good condition. (HebLit-2-18)
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(jt) Bavaria) Eckstein, A.
BEITRÄGE ZUR GESCHICHTE DER JUDEN IN BAYERN I. DIE BAYERISCHEN PARLAMENTARIER JÜDISCHEN GLAUBENS.
8vo; 47 pages; Wear to covers at corners. Paper browning as often found, but solid. Library bookplate, no other marks, Good Condition. (GERO-2-8)
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(Jt) Bavli, Hillel
ADERET HA-SHANIM: SHIRIM.
(FT) 8vo. 221 pages. In Hebrew. Bavli, (18931961) , was a Hebrew poet and educator. Bavli, who was born in Pilvishki, Lithuania, attended yeshivot in Kovno and Vilna. In 1912 he immigrated to the United States and studied at Canisius College and Columbia University. From 1918 he taught modern Hebrew literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, after 1937 with the rank of professor. Bavli's first poems appeared in a children's periodical, Ha-Perahim, in 1908. His first book of poetry, Neginot Arez ("Melodies of the Land") , was published in 1929. (EJ, Silberschlag) In very good condition in a very good jacket. (Heblit1-7)
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(Jt) Beer, Bernhard.
LEBEN ABRAHAM'S NACH AUFFASSUNG DER JÜDISCHEN SAGE.
8vo. Xiii, 215 pages. Later paper wrappers. SUBJECT (S) : Aggada; Abraham (Biblical patriarch) . SERIES: His Lebensgemälde biblischer personen nach Auffassung der jüdischen Sage. [1. Th. ]; Variation: Beer, B. ; (Bernhard) , ; 1801-1861.; Lebensgemälde biblischer personen nach Auffassung der jüdischen Sage. 1. Th. Beer (1801-1861) was a German scholar, community leader, and bibliophile. For nearly 30 years Beer served as head of the Dresden Jewish community and its schools. He founded various charitable organizations, and in 1829 joined in establishing a Mendelssohn Society for the furtherance of scholarship, art, and trades among Jewish youth. Through his writings and personal active efforts, Beer was able to wage an eventually successful struggle for the civic equality of the Jews in Saxony. Although he observed traditional practice and was emotionally attached to Jewish customs, Beer rejected Orthodoxy intellectually and aesthetically in favor of moderate reforms, especially in liturgy. He was the first Jew to give a German sermon in a Dresden synagogue. Beer's religious views were similar to those of his close friend, Zacharias Frankel. Nevertheless the reformers Geiger and Holdheim also accorded him respect and admiration, and Beer was regarded as a mediating influence between the proponents of tradition and those of reform. (EJ, Meyer) Spine cocked, original cover laid down with missing corner of margin, Good- Condition (MX-11-31)
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(Jt) Ben Joseph, Tanhum, Of Jerusalem; Barukh Avraham Toledano.
SEFER AL-MURSHID AL-KAFI : HA-MADRIKH HA-MASPIK.
(FT) 8vo. 223 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew language, post-Biblical dictionaries; Hebrew language dictionaries Judeo-Arabic; Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 dictionaries. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Tanhum ben Joseph (c. 12201291) was a philologist and biblical exegete. Few biographical details are known of him. As his name indicates, either he or his family originated from Jerusalem, and according to Bacher, he lived for some time in Erez Israel and subsequently went to Egypt, where he died. Tanhum had an extensive knowledge of philosophy, and knew a number of languages, including Arabic and Greek, and it would appear that he knew medicine. He had a profound knowledge of all the biblical exegetes and grammarians who had preceded him. He was the last representative of the rational school of biblical exegetes in the East, but the "central pillars" upon which he based his works were "the words of the revered Rabbi Moses b. Maimon in his scientific outlook and his religious beliefs, and the words of R. Jonah Ibn Janah in grammar and philology. " Al-Murshid al-Kafi [is] a lexicon giving in alphabetical order the nouns and verbs in Maimonides' Mishneh Torah. This work is of considerable importance on account of the new Hebrew terms which he coined, and it constitutes the greatest codex of Maimonides' work . (EJ, 2007) Shalom Spiegel's copy with his bookplate. Boards slightly worn, good+ condition. (RAB-20-24)
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(Jt) Ben Nahman, Yehudai, Gaon; Solomon David Sassoon.
SEFER HALAKHOT PESUKOT.
(FT) 8vo. 29, 236 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish law. OCLC lists 22 copies worldwide. Yehudai was the head of the academy at Sura from about 757 to 761 C. E. He led the academy, despite the tradition of not appointing any to the position who had not also been a student there. (EJ, 2007) Shalom's Spiegel's copy with his bookplate and notes. Spots of wear on edges, pages tanned, good+ condition. (RAB-24-5)
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(Jt) Ben-Or, Aharon
TOLDOT HA-SIFRUT HA-`IVRIT HA-HADASHAH, ME-RAMHAL `AD YAMENU ELEH. BI-SHELOSHAH KEREKHIM.
(FT) 8vo. 346 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature, Modern -- History and criticism. In good condition. (heblit1-12)
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(Jt) Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer
AD EMATAI DIBRU `IVRIT?
(FT) 12mo. 132 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew language. In very good condition. (HEBLIT1-1)
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(Jt) Benisch, A.
JEWISH SCHOOL AND FAMILY BIBLE: NEWLY TRANSLATED, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE REV. THE CHIEF RABBI OF THE UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, VOL. II.
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1860. 8vo. In Hebrew and English. This volume comprises Exodus. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (American Bible Society, Multnomah County Library, Oregon) . Covers missing. Slight chipping to endpapers. Ex-library with minimal markings. Textblock in good condition. (BR-8-3) .
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(Jt) Bentsher, Barukh, D. 1791. Gins, Yosef Bunem.
SEFER MITSVAT HA-SHEM: TARYAG MITSVOT KE-SEDER HA-TORAH VE-AL PI DAAT HA-RAMBAM ... RAMBAN ... SEMAG ... SEMAK ... SEFER H? AREDIM: GAM TIKUNE TESHUVOT AL HA-AVEROT...
(FT) Cloth, 8vo. , 232 pages. ; 21 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Commandments, Six hundred and thirteen -- Early works to 1800. Noahide laws. Other title on title page: Mizwas Haschem. OCLC lists only 4 copies worldwide (JTS, HUC, Universities of Manchester, and Toronto) Ex-library with bookplate and stamp. Wear and soil to covers, small chip and soil to title page, some damp stain to pages. Good condition. (RAB-42-2)
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(Jt) Bentsher, Barukh.
MITSVOT HA-SHEM: KOLEL TARYAG MITSVOT KE-SEDER HA-TORAH, 'A.P. DA'AT HA-RAMBAM, RAMBAN, SEMAG: GAM TIKUNE TESHUVAH 'AL HA-'AVEROT: GAM SEDER 'AVODAT TEMIDIN U-MUSAFIN U-SHE'AR 'AVODAT TSIBUR SHE-HAYU BE-VET HA-MIKDASH LE-AMERAM KOL EHAD BI-ZEMANO ; VE-NITVASEF 'OD HAGAHOT VE-HOSAFOT TIKUNIM / ME-ET YOSEF BEHA-GA'ON BUNEM GINS.
(FT) 8vo. 248 pages. In Hebrew. Reprinted, with additions, from the 1875 edition. SUBJECT(S) : Commandments, Six hundred and thirteen. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (New York Public Library) . Very good condition. (RAB-21-21)
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(Jt) Berdichevsky, Micah Joseph (Ben-Gorion)
SIPURIM.
(FT) 8vo. Xxx, 201 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. SERIES: Sifre mofet le-vate midrash. Berdichevsky (1865-1921) , also know as Ben-Gorion, was born in Podalia, to a long line of rabbis. In his teens, he read the Haskalah writers, and this conflict between modernism and tradition informed his entire literary career. It also caused deep disagreements with teachers and family members. He began to be published in 1888, writing both fiction and non-fiction. In 1890, he moved to Russia, and was acquainted with David Frischmann; in 1892 he moved to Germany. In Berlin, he solidified a philosophy of personal and intellectual freedom in the face of "stultifying" tradition. His writing attacked any already-established position, including the Haskalah and Zionism, and demanded an expansion of the Jewish literary canon. Though a later trip back to Russia, and witnessing the realities of Jewish life there, slightly moderated his polemics, Berdichevsky wrote much of the same, though he also branched out to collections of legends and Jewish history. It is of no surprise that his readers were divided along generational lines; the younger readers flocked to his work, while older critics rejected his ideas. (Almagor, EJ) Ex library. Occasional pencil underlining, water stains throughout, good- condition. (HebLit-5-22)
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(Jt) Berdichevsky, Micah Joseph.
ME-OTSAR HA-AGADAH. VOLUME 1 (ONLY) , MI-NE KEDEM.
(FT) 8vo. Xv, 234 pages. In Hebrew. Volume one (of two) only. First edition. SUBJECT(S) : Legends, Jewish. SERIES: Kol kitve Mikhah Yosef Berditsevski ; ; kerekh 1-2. Berdichevsky (1865-1921) , also know as Ben-Gorion, was born in Podalia, to a long line of rabbis. In his teens, he read the Haskalah writers, and this conflict between modernism and tradition informed his entire literary career. It also caused deep disagreements with teachers and family members. He began to be published in 1888, writing both fiction and non-fiction. In 1890, he moved to Russia, and was acquainted with David Frischmann, and in 1892 he moved to Germany. In Berlin, he solidified a philosophy of personal and intellectual freedom in the face of stultifying tradition. His writing attacked any already-established position, including the Haskalah and Zionism, and demanded an expansion of the Jewish literary canon. Though a later trip back to Russia, and witnessing the realities of Jewish life there, slightly moderated his polemics, Berdichevsky wrote much of the same, though he also branched out to collections of legends and Jewish history. It is of no surprise that his readers were divided along generational lines; the younger readers flocked to his work, while older critics rejected his ideas. (Almagor, EJ) Gilt title. Backstrip missing, edgeworn, title page missing, hinges starting, good- condition. (GER-27-27)
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(Jt) Berdichevsky, Micah Joseph. [ Ben-Gorion]
ME-OTSAR HA-AGADAH. COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES.
(FT) 8vo. Xv, 234 pages. In Hebrew. Complete in two volumes. First edition. SUBJECT(S) : Legends, Jewish. SERIES: Kol kitve Mikhah Yosef Berditsevski ; ; kerekh 1-2. Berdichevsky (1865-1921) , also know as Ben-Gorion, was born in Podalia, to a long line of rabbis. In his teens, he read the Haskalah writers, and this conflict between modernism and tradition informed his entire literary career. It also caused deep disagreements with teachers and family members. He began to be published in 1888, writing both fiction and non-fiction. In 1890, he moved to Russia, and was acquainted with David Frischmann, and in 1892 he moved to Germany. In Berlin, he solidified a philosophy of personal and intellectual freedom in the face of stultifying tradition. His writing attacked any already-established position, including the Haskalah and Zionism, and demanded an expansion of the Jewish literary canon. Though a later trip back to Russia, and witnessing the realities of Jewish life there, slightly moderated his polemics, Berdichevsky wrote much of the same, though he also branched out to collections of legends and Jewish history. It is of no surprise that his readers were divided along generational lines; the younger readers flocked to his work, while older critics rejected his ideas. (Almagor, EJ) Gilt titles. Inch-long section of backstrip missing at bottom on vol 2, corners worn, spines faded, tear along spine on vol 1, good condition. (GER-27-26)
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(Jt) Berger, Chaim Jacob Israel.
SEFER SHEERIT YA`AKOV `AL MO`ADIM VE-YAMIM NORAIM : HELEK SHENI MI-SIFRI KOL YISRAEL HAVERIM, KOLEL DIVRE AGADAH DERUSH U-MUSAR.
(FT) 8vo. 348 pages. In Hebrew. English title: Sheyris Yakov : The remnant of Israel : Remnant of Israel, part II [of] Essays and commentaries on the ethical and spiritual significance of the Jewish Holidays. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons, Hebrew; Homiletical illustrations, Jewish. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Tear at front joint, otherwise good condition. (RAB-24-14)
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(Jt) Berger, Elmer
Who Knows Better Must Say So!
Softbound. 8vo. XVI, 113 pages. 22 cm. Reprint of the 1955 edition; including 1969 introduction as well as the author's letters to Lessing J. Rosenwald and Clarence L. Coleman, Jr. , from April 7 to June 24, 1955. Elmer Berger (1908-1996) was an American Reform Rabbi, outspoken since the 1930s against Zionism, an ideology which he interpreted to be a surrender to anti-semitic myths concerning race. He was the executive director of the American Council for Judaism for over 13 years, and when forced to resign, be became the founder of the American Jewish Alternatives to Zionism. The publisher, the Institute for Palestine Studies, is the oldest independent non-profit research institute in the Arab World, and has consistently committed itself to putting together analysis and documentation so as to allow the possibility of a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict (their words) . Subjects: Jewish-Arab relations. Jewish institutional stamp, Light wear to covers. Very good condition. (HOLO2-88-2)
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(Jt) Bergman, Samuel Hugo
HOGE HA-DOR
8vo. 243 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century. Bergman, (1883 1975) , was a philosopher. Bergman studied philosophy in Prague and Berlin. During his student days at Prague, he was a member of the Zionist student circle, Bar Kochba, and in 1903 began to publish articles on Zionist themes. During this period he came into contact with Martin Buber who had a lasting influence on him. From 1907 to 1919 Bergman was librarian at the University Library at Prague, except during World War I when he served in the Austrian army. In 1920 he emigrated to Palestine where he was the first director of the National and University Library, a position he held until 1935. He helped found the Histadrut ha-Ovedim and was elected a member of its executive council. (EJ, Rotenstriech) In good condition (heblit1-13)
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(Jt) Bergmann, Judah.
JÜDISCHE APOLOGETIK IM NEUTESTAMENTLICHEN ZEITALTER.
Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1908. Cloth; 8vo. Ix, 168 pages. Gilt titles. In German. Bibliographical annotations and index. Bergmann was a Berlin rabbi and author who emigrated to Israel when the Nazis seized power in 1933. In this work he describes the self-defense of Palestinian Judaism against emerging Christianity. (Abraham Meir Habermann, EJ) OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide. Very good condition. (GER-6-1)
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(Jt) Bernfeld, Simon.
DA`AT ELOHIM : TOLDOT HA-FILOSOFYA HA-DATIT BE-YISRAEL.
(FT) 8vo. Xx, 609 pages. In Hebrew. Mahadurah hadashah edition. SUBJECT(S) : Philosophy, Jewish; Jewish ethics. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. "Bernfeld was born in Stanislav, Galicia, and was educated in Koenigsberg and Berlin. In 1886 he was appointed chief rabbi of the Sephardi community of Belgrade, Serbia; he remained there until 1894, when he returned to Berlin and devoted himself to scholarly pursuits. He continued his literary work until his death, despite blindness in his later years. Bernfeld wrote several monographs in Hebrew on Jewish history and philosophy, the earliest published when he was only 19." (Klausner, EJ) Hinges starting, shaken, pages tanned, minor wear to covers, good- condition. (HebLit-2-23)
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(Jt) Bernfeld, Simon.
DOR HAKHAM : MONOGRAFYAH `A.D. HOKHME `AMENU HA-METSUYANIM BA-MEAH HA-19 U-TEKUFATAM.
(FT) 12mo. 90 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - biography; Jewish ethics. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. BOUND WITH: (jt) Bernfeld, Simon. DOR TAHAPUKHOT : MONOGRAFYOT MI-YEME RESHIT HASKALAT HA-YEHUDIM BE-GERMANYAH BI-SHENOT HA-MEAH HA-SHEMONEH-`ESREH. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Warsaw : Tushiyah, 1897-1898. 128, 87 pages. In Hebrew. Complete, two volumes bound in one. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -history - 1789-1945; Jew - Germany - history. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. "Bernfeld was born in Stanislav, Galicia, and was educated in Koenigsberg and Berlin. In 1886 he was appointed chief rabbi of the Sephardi community of Belgrade, Serbia; he remained there until 1894, when he returned to Berlin and devoted himself to scholarly pursuits. He continued his literary work until his death, despite blindness in his later years. Bernfeld wrote several monographs in Hebrew on Jewish history and philosophy, the earliest published when he was only 19." (Klausner, EJ) Tanned, good condition. (HebLit-5-25x)
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(Jt) Bernfeld, Simon.
DOR TAHAPUKHOT : MONOGRAFYOT MI-YEME RESHIT HASKALAT HA-YEHUDIM BE-GERMANYAH BI-SHENOT HA-MEAH HA-SHEMONEH-`ESREH. COMPLETE, TWO VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE.
(FT) 12mo. 128, 87 pages. In Hebrew. Complete, two volumes bound in one. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -history - 1789-1945; Jew - Germany - history. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. BOUND WITH: (jt) Bernfeld, Simon. DOR HAKHAM : MONOGRAFYAH `A. D. HOKHME `AMENU HA-METSUYANIM BA-MEAH HA-19 U-TEKUFATAM. ? ? ? ? ? ? : ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Warsaw : Toshiyah, 1896. 90 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - biography; Jewish ethics. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. "Bernfeld was born in Stanislav, Galicia, and was educated in Koenigsberg and Berlin. In 1886 he was appointed chief rabbi of the Sephardi community of Belgrade, Serbia; he remained there until 1894, when he returned to Berlin and devoted himself to scholarly pursuits. He continued his literary work until his death, despite blindness in his later years. Bernfeld wrote several monographs in Hebrew on Jewish history and philosophy, the earliest published when he was only 19." (Klausner, EJ) Has postage style Max Nordau stamp on title page. Tanned, bookplate, good condition. (HebLit-5-25x)
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(Jt) Bernfeld, Simon.
SEFER HA-DEMA`OT : MEORA`OT HA-GEZEROT VEHA-REDIFOT VE-HASHMADOT. VOLUME 1 ONLY (OF 3)
(FT) 8vo. Volume one (of three) only. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- persecutions. "Bernfeld was born in Stanislav, Galicia, and was educated in Koenigsberg and Berlin. In 1886 he was appointed chief rabbi of the Sephardi community of Belgrade, Serbia; he remained there until 1894, when he returned to Berlin and devoted himself to scholarly pursuits. He continued his literary work until his death, despite blindness in his later years. Bernfeld wrote several monographs in Hebrew on Jewish history and philosophy, the earliest published when he was only 19." (Klausner, EJ) Bookplate, front joint split, good condition. (RAB-23-15)
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(Jt) Bialer, Judah Loeb.
MIN HA-GENAZIM [VOL 2]
Publishers cloth. 12mo. XI, [34], 196 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, with English. With fifteen full page plates (including two fold out plates) . Min hagenazim: description of manuscripts and poems. Volume two. "Preface" and "Manuscripts described in this prospectus, " also in English. Published in honour of Sir Isaac and Lady Wolfson of London on the occasion of the opening of the special hall for manuscripts and Rare Prints in the Wolfson Museum at Hechal Shlomo. Details the recent items added to the collections of the Wolfson Museum of Jewish Art at Hechal Shlomo. Sir Isaac Wolfson (1897-1991) , British Financier and Philanthropist; The Edith and Isaac Wolfson Trust provided funds for building the Supreme Rabbinical Center in Jerusalem (Hechal Shlomo, named for his father) , 50 synagogues throughout the country, and the Kiryat Wolfson housing projects for new immigrants in Jerusalem and Acre, which included schools and synagogues. He contributed to the development program of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Technion, and especially the Weizmann Institute of Science. (EJ 2008) Subjects: Manuscripts, Hebrew - Jerusalem - Catalogs. Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts - Catalogs. Light shelf wear to cloth, otherwise fine. Great condition. (BIBLIOG-33-65)
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(Jt) Bialik, Hayyim Nahman.
DEVARIM SHEBE-`AL PEH. VOLUME 1 (OF 2)
(FT) 8vo. In Hebrew. Tissue-papered frontispiece. Volume one (of two) only. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature - history and criticism. Bialik (1873-1934) was "the greatest Hebrew poet of modern times. " His childhood and youth influenced his poetry - the fields and forests of Volhynia, the solitariness of his grandfather's house where he lived after his father died, and the yeshiva he went to in Volozhin. Other influences include Ahad Ha-Am, and Russian literature - which he began to read as he became disillusioned with the religiosity at the yeshiva, and further immersed himself in after leaving the yeshiva and going to Odessa. His first published work was the poem "El ha-Zippor, " which was published in 1892, in the first volume of Ha-Pardes. Later in life he lived also in Berlin, and settled in Palestine in 1924. (EJ, Spicehandler) Bookplate. Covers faded, wear at corners, good+ condition. (HebLit-5-28)
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(Jt) Bialik, Hayyim Nahman.
SEFER HA-AGADAH : MIVHAR HA-AGADOT SHEBA-TALMUD UVA-MIDRASHIM SEDUROT LE-FIY HA-`INYANIM U-MEFORASHOT. VOLUME 1 (OF 3)
(FT) 8vo. In Hebrew. Volume one (of three) only. SUBJECT(S) : Aggada; Midrash. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. Bialik (1873-1934) was "the greatest Hebrew poet of modern times. " His childhood and youth influenced his poetry - the fields and forests of Volhynia, the solitariness of his grandfather's house where he lived after his father died, and the yeshiva he went to in Volozhin. Other influences include Ahad Ha-Am, and Russian literature - which he began to read as he became disillusioned with the religiosity at the yeshiva, and further immersed himself in after leaving the yeshiva and going to Odessa. His first published work was the poem "El ha-Zippor, " which was published in 1892, in the first volume of Ha-Pardes. Later in life he lived also in Berlin, and settled in Palestine in 1924. (EJ, Spicehandler) Marginalia throughout, otherwise good condition. (HebLit-5-7)
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(Jt) Bien, H. M. 1831-1895. (Herman Milton) ,
BEN-BEOR: A STORY OF THE ANTI-MESSIAH: IN TWO DIVISIONS: PART I: LUNAR INTAGLIOS: THE MAN IN THE MOON, A COUNTERPART OF WALLACE'S "BEN HUR" + PART II: HISTORICAL PHANTASMAGORIA: THE WANDERING GENTILE, A COMPANION ROMANCE TO SUE'S "WANDERING JEW"
Baltimore: I. Friedenwald, 1891. 8vo, ix, 528 pages. 19 cm. Contents: Pt. 1. "Lunar intaglios: the man in the moon : a counterpart of Wallace's "Ben-Hur" [&] Pt. 2. "Historical phantasmagoria : the wandering gentile : a companion romance to Sue's 'Wandering Jew. '" Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy, page 33]: "A novel in two parts. The first [pages 3-67] is called 'Lunar Intaglios', is described as a counterpoint of 'Ben Hur', and described the adventures of the prophet Elijah on a populated and civilised moon, reached by the 'fiery chariot', of course. The bulk of the book is taken up by 'The Wandering Gentile' and is a panoramic novel of historical events narrated by an immortal, described as a counter-part of Sue's 'Wandering Jew'". Bleiler [1978 Checklist, page 23]. Reginald 01251. SUBJECT (S) : Antichrist -- Fiction. Lacks boards & backstrip. Library blindstamp on title page. Signitures of paper starting to separate, though paper itself is still fairly solid. (AMR-8-14)
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(Jt) Blank, Samuel L.
I HA-DEMA`OT.
(FT) 8vo. 176 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction, Hebrew. "[A] Hebrew novelist and short-story writer[, ] Blank, who was born in the Ukraine, spent his formative years in Bessarabia and in 1922 settled in the United States. His early stories described the Jewish farmers of Bessarabia, and his tetralogy Zon, Adamah, Nahalah, and Moshavah focused upon a simple protagonist, significantly and symbolically called "Bo'az. " Blank was not a subtle psychologist, but he vividly depicted the Jewish man of the soil in his primitive surroundings. When he attempted to portray the harsher realities of life after World War I, such as the pogroms in the Ukraine in his Bi-She'at Herum or the maladjusted immigrant in America, as in Mr. Kunis or Iy ha-Dema'ot, he verged on melodrama. Al Admat Amerikah and Ez ha-Sadeh were among his last works. " (EJ, 2007) Ex library with minimal markings, light worn spots on cover edges, good condition. (HebLit-6-2)
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(Jt) Blau, Joshua
Dikduk Ha-? Arvit-Ha-Yehudit Shel Yeme Ha-Benayim = a Grammar of Mediaeval Judaeo-Arabic
Original Cloth. 8vo. 295, X pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, with added title page and table of contents in English. Grammar of Judeo-Arabic of the Middle-Ages, a study of morphology, syntax, spelling and pronunciation, and the Hebrew elements of Judeo-Arabic. Written by Joshua Blau scholar of biblical Hebrew grammar, Middle Arabic, and Genizah manuscripts. Born in Cluj, Transylvania, Blau studied in the Jewish Gymnasium in Budapest and Baden. He had barely spent a year in Jewish studies at the Rabbinical Seminary and Semitic languages at the University of Vienna when he had to flee the country in 1938 after its occupation by the Nazis. He immigrated to Palestine with his parents, where he continued his academic studies in Hebrew, Bible, and Arabic at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (M. A. , 1942) . In 1948 he presented his dissertation on The Grammar of Judeo-Arabic, but was only awarded a Ph. D. Two years later, after the War of Independence, during which he served in the army and took part in battles in Jerusalem. (EJ 2008) . Subjects: Judeo-Arabic language - Grammar. Jacket worn at edges, with small tear on back; light wear to outer edges, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (SEF-47-1)
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(Jt) Blau, Mose J.
SEFER MISHNAT MOSHEH `AL HA-TORAH.
(FT) 4to. 10, 281 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Bible. O. T. Pentateuch commentaries. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Embossed cover. Very good condition. (RAB-20-12)
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(Jt) Blau, Mose J.
SEFER MISHNAT MOSHEH `AL HA-TORAH.
(FT) 4to. 10, 281 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Bible. O. T. Pentateuch - commentaries. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Embossed cover. Very good condition. (RAB-20-12)
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(jt) Bloch, Joshua, compiler.
THE PEOPLE AND THE BOOK: THE BACKGROUND OF THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA.
Cloth; large 8vo. 134 pages. Quarter red cloth with gold lettering, decorative paper covered boards, indices. Twenty-six black-and-white illustrations. Preface by Loius M. Rabinowitz. Introduction by Joshua Bloch. "A tricentennial exhibition at the New York Public Library, sponsored by the Louis M. Rabinowitz Foundation, October-December, 1954." Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-12) . Jews -- History -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Jews -- United States -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Bit of edgewear; otherwise, very good condition. (AMR-41-37)xx
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(Jt) Bloch, Joshua.
OF MAKING MANY BOOKS: AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BOOKS ISSUED BY THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1890-1952.
Philadelphia; Jewish Publication Society of America 1953. Cloth. 8vo. 329 pages. Black and white frontis images. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia - Bibliography OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Very slight bumping to edges. A few very small areas of damage to textblock. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (BIB-1-9) .
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(Jt) Blumenfield, Samuel M.
HEVRAH VE-HINUKH BE-YAHUDUT AMERIKAH.
(FT) 8vo. 234 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - education - United States; Zionism - United States; Jews - United States. "Born in Letichev, Russia, Blumenfield [1901-1972] was superintendent of the Chicago Board of Jewish Education until 1954, and also headed Chicago's College of Jewish Studies as dean, and later as president. From 1954 until his retirement in 1968, he served as director of the Department of Education and Culture of the Jewish Agency (American Section) . " (Spotts, EJ) Inscribed by author. Boards rubbed, corners worn, water stain in upper corner throughout, slightly cocked, good- condition. (HebLit-3-16)
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(Jt) Blumenkranz, Bernhard.
BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES JUIFS EN FRANCE.
Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études, VIe section, Division des aires culturelles, Centre d'études juives, 1961. Half Cloth. Folio. 188 pages. In French. Part of the series "École pratique des hautes études, Sorbonne. 6. Section: Sciences économiques et sociales. Études juives, volume hors-série" SUBJECT (S) : Jews - France. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. Ex-library with minimal markings. Fraying to lower binding. Bottom of binding detached on front cover. Light sun-fading to covers. Occasional crease marks on covers. Some light wear to rear spine. Date stamped in ink on front cover. Edges lightly bumped. Otherwise in Good condition. (BIB-1-1) .
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(Jt) Bradshaw, Henry, 1831-1886. Jenkinson, Francis, ; 1853-1923.
COLLECTED PAPERS OF HENRY BRADSHAW
Hardcover, large 8vo. , 500 pages.14 plates. Contents include: On the recovery of the Long Lost Waldensian Manuscripts -- Two Lists of Books in the University Library. -- An Early University Statute concerning Hostels -- On two hitherto unknown Poems by John Barbour, Author of the Brus. -- A View of the State of the University in Queen Anne's Reign (with 1 plate) -- On the Earliest English Engravings of the Indulgence known as the 'Image of Pity' -- The Skeleton of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales -- A Classified Index of the Fifteenth Century Books in the DeMeyer Collection sold at Ghent, November 1869 -- On the oldest written remains of the Welsh Language -- On the ABC as an authorized School-book in the Sixteenth Century. SUBJECT(S) : Bibliography. Early printed books. Manuscripts -- England. Libraries -- England -- Cambridge. Cambridge University Library. University of Cambridge. Library. On title page: "comprising 1. 'Memoranda'; 2. 'Communications' read before the Cambridge antiquarian society; together with an article contributed to the 'Bibliographer', and two papers not previously published. Ed. For the Syndics of the University press. With thirteen plates. " Library bookplate, no other markings. Damp stain to some pages. Very Good condition. (BIB-12-7)
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(Jt) Braunstein, Susan L.
PERSONAL VISION, THE JACOBO AND ASEA FURMAN COLLECTION OF JEWISH CEREMONIAL ART: THE JEWISH MUSEUM, NEW YORK, JULY 2-OCTOBER 6, 1985
Original Cloth. 8vo. 40 pages. 22 cm. First edition. An exhibition catalog. Jacobo and Asea Furman collection of Jewish ceremonial art. Detailed catalogue of 41 items put on exhibit from the Furman collection displayed at the Jewish Museum. With color illustrations of the items throughout. Subjects: Judaism - Liturgical objects - Exhibitions. Jewish art and symbolism - Exhibitions. Ceremonial objects - Private collections - Chile - Santiago - Exhibitions. Furman, Jacobo - Art collections - Exhibitions. Furman, Asea - Art collections - Exhibitions. Light wear to wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (ART-22-14)
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(Jt) Brenner, Joseph Hayyim.
KETAVIM. VOLUME 2.
(FT) 8vo. 332 pages. Frontispiece. In Hebrew. Volume two (of three) only. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. "A disciple of the "psychology" approach to literature and a writer of the "uprooted" generation, Brenner [1881-1921] became a key figure of the school in modern Hebrew literature; he focused and ruthlessly exposed the anxieties, self-probing, and despair of intellectual anti-heroes overwhelmed by life in a society that had lost meaning and direction. His fiction, bleak and fiercely honest, nourishes, however, a belief in artistic truth where faith in all else has failed. In style, he considered himself a follower of Berdyczewski, and in social outlook, a disciple of Mendele Mokher Seforim. Like many Hebrew writers of the early decades of the 20th century, he was mainly influenced by Russian literature, specifically by writers such as Tolstoy and Dostoevski, and by such European writers as Nietzsche and Hauptmann. " (EJ, 2007) Backstrip missing and binding is loose, covers and endpapers wrinkled from water but text is clean, good- condition. (HebLit-5-21)
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(Jt) Brenner, Joseph Hayyim.
KOL KITVE Y.H. BRENNER. VOLUME 1.
(FT) 8vo. 305 pages. In Hebrew. Volume one only. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 29 copies worldwide. Top edge gilt. "A disciple of the "psychology" approach to literature and a writer of the "uprooted" generation, Brenner [1881-1921] became a key figure of the school in modern Hebrew literature; he focused and ruthlessly exposed the anxieties, self-probing, and despair of intellectual anti-heroes overwhelmed by life in a society that had lost meaning and direction. His fiction, bleak and fiercely honest, nourishes, however, a belief in artistic truth where faith in all else has failed. A contemporary and friend of G. Schoffmann and U. N. Gnessin, Brenner, like them, was also influenced by M. J. Berdyczewski. In style, he considered himself a follower of Berdyczewski, and in social outlook, a disciple of Mendele Mokher Seforim. Like many Hebrew writers of the early decades of the 20th century, he was mainly influenced by Russian literature, specifically by writers such as Tolstoy and Dostoevski (he frequently mentions the latter in his letters) , and by such European writers as Nietzsche and Hauptmann. Brenner, a novelist, critic, philosopher, translator, editor, and publisher, wrote in Hebrew and in Yiddish. He exercised a powerful personal influence, often exceeding his impact as a writer and a critic, on his generation, and on the following one. His colleagues and friends saw in him "a secular saint caught in a world that was not worthy of him" (H. Zeitlin) , and he became their moral, social, and artistic yardstick. Brenner's approach to literature demanded a close link between the creative process, the artistic work, and real life. " (EJ, 2007) Covers missing, leather backstrip present, text in very good condition. (HebLit-4-9)
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(Jt) Buber, Salomon.
SEFER HA-ORAH : KOLEL PISKE DINIM VE-HALAKHOT MEYUHAS LE-RABENU SHELOMOH B. R. YITSHAK ... HA-NODABA-SHEM RASHI.
8vo. 231 pages. In Hebrew. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Salomo ben Isaac, 1040-1105. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Good condition, hinges repaired, most of leather missing from spine, foxing. (MX-5-9)
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(Jt) Bunin, Isaac.
DIVRE YITSHAK : KOLEL DERUSHIM...
(FT) 8vo. 87 leaves. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish sermons, Hebrew United States. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Has Authors name and address stamp. Covers soiled, hinges repaired, owner's name on fly leaf, good- condition. (RAB-23-8)
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(Jt) Burla, Yehuda.
BAT-TSIYON : ROMAN. VOL 2 ONLY.
(FT) 8vo. 278 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two only. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Burla (1886-1969) was born into an old Sephardi family in Jerusalem. He studied at the Jerusalem Teachers' Seminary, later teaching is several different cities, and was a translator for the Turks during WWI. "When he was 18, Burla read the classical modern Hebrew authors for the first time, and discovered that they portrayed only the life of the Ashkenazim of Eastern Europe, while neglecting the world of the Middle Eastern Sephardim. He determined to correct this imbalance by depicting the milieu, language, customs, and thinking of this hitherto neglected community. Beginning with Lunah, a love story set in the Sephardi communities of old Jerusalem, and continuing with his many other works, Burla became the first modern Hebrew writer to deal extensively with the life of Middle Eastern Sephardim. " (Leviant, EJ) Ex library. Pages tanned, covers wrinkled by moisture, hinges repaired, good- condition. (HebLit-2-1)
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(Jt) Cahan, Yaakov.
KITVE YA`AKOV KAHAN. VOLUME 1, SHIRIM.
(FT) 8vo. In Hebrew. Volume one (of twelve) only. First edition. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Cahan (1881-1960) was a Hebrew poet and Zionist. Devoted to the revival of the Hebrew language and culture, he coined the term "New Hebrew, " referring to a desired, beautiful, post-Diaspora culture. For him the Jewish Diaspora was everything hated and ugly. "Cahan's poetry revolves around two axes - messianism and the fusion of three major principles: beauty, holiness, and happiness. The messianic motif runs through most of his lyrical epics, verse dramas, and dramatized legends. It goes hand in hand with his identification of the Judaic-prophetic sanctity of life and the yearning for enlightened beauty and universal humanism, or with the identification of morality and the quest for happiness. " (EJ, 2007) Edgewaer, particularly on spine, front hinge and joint starting, good condition. (HebLit-4-14)
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