‎Espagne‎

‎Wexler, Paul‎

‎JUDEO-ROMANCE LINGUISTICS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY (LATIN, ITALO-, GALLO, IBERO-, AND RHAETO-ROMANCE EXCEPT CASTILIAN)‎

‎Hardcover, 8vo, xxvii, 174 pages, 24 cm. Series: Garland reference library of the humanities; vol. 890. SUBJECT (S) : Romance languages -- Bibliography. Jews -- Languages -- Bibliography. Langues romanes -- Bibliographie. Juifs -- Langues -- Bibliographie. Latijn. Romaanse talen. Joden. Includes index. Excellent Condition. (Sef-15-10) xx‎

‎Girona) Romano, David‎

‎PER A UNA HISTORIA DE LA GIRONA JUEVA (VOLUMES I AND II)‎

‎Softcover, 8vo, 2 volumes, 788 pages, illustrations, 25 cm. In Catalan. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Spain -- Gerona -- History. Gerona (Spain) -- Ethnic relations. Includes bibliographical references and index. Bumped corners and edges. Otherwise excellent condition. (Sef-22-14)‎

‎Egypt) Tcherikover, Avigdor‎

‎YEHUDIM BE-MITSRAYIM BA-TEKUFAH HA-HELENISTIT-HA-ROMIT LE-OR HA-PAPIROLOGYAH‎

‎(FT) Softcover, 8vo, 12, 272, 1, 32 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew and English. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Egypt -- History. “Yatsa la-or be-siyua Ha-keren' A. Sh. Aleksander Kohut. ” Added title page: The Jews in Egypt in the Hellenistic-Roman age in the light of the papyri. “The English text is but a brief summary of the Hebrew original”--Pref. “Luah ha-kitsurim”: page [9]-12.Tcherikover (Avigdor; 1894–1958) , was an “historian. Tcherikover was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, into a family of maskilim. Emigrating to Palestine in 1925, Tcherikover became one of the first teachers at the Hebrew University, and the first professor of ancient history. A general historian by training, Tcherikover first wrote in the field of Hellenistic history; his Die Hellenistischen Staedtegruendungen von Alexander dem Grossen bis auf die Roemerzeit became the basic work in this field. Later he devoted himself entirely to the study of Jewish history during the Graeco-Roman period and became one of the most distinguished scholars in the field. The other important field of Tcherikover's work on the history of the Diaspora in Egypt was based on his research of papyri. Among the tens of thousands of Greek papyri found in Egypt from the end of the 19th century onward, papyri which mentioned Jews or matters connected with Jews were also discovered. Tcherikover initiated systematic research of the Jewish papyri, publishing many studies and a comprehensive research work, Ha-Yehudim be-Mizrayim ba-Tekufah ha-Helenistit-ha-Romit le-Or ha-Papirologyah (‘The Jews in Egypt in the Hellenistic-Roman Age in the Light of the Papyri”) . Tcherikover's scholarly work is outstanding for construction, clarity of thought, lucidity of presentation, precision of detail, and general historic perception” (Fuks in EJ 2007) . Tears to corners and edges of cover. Wear to binding. Good condition. (Sef-18-8)‎

‎(Jt) Hornik, M. P. , Castro, Americo‎

‎COLLECTED STUDIES IN HONOUR OF AMERICO CASTRO'S 80TH YEAR‎

‎Hardcover, 8vo, 482 pages. S. 479-482: Americo Castro. Selected bibliography. The Richard Kronstein foundation for the promotion of Jewish and cognate studies. Castro (1885–1972) , was a “Spanish historian and literary critic. Castro was a professor at the University of Madrid and later at Princeton University. He interpreted the culture and history of Spain as a result of the coming together of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, which created a peculiarly Hispanic form of life, different both from the East and from the civilization of Western Europe. The expulsion of 1492 was in Castro's view the result of uncontainable pressures from below. He believes that the preoccupation with purity of lineage in Christian Spain from the 15th century on was a transfer of a Jewish concept, due to the infiltration of converts into Christian society. The use of secrecy and informers by the Inquisition was a continuation of methods used by Jewish tribunals. Ultimately, according to Castro, it was the Jews and their descendants the Conversos who were responsible for the discrimination by the Spaniards against the New Christians because of the latter's blood or race and for the cruel and unjust methods employed by the Inquisition and the maltreatment of those who were brought to trial before it. These were all derived from Jewish sources and traditions. Castro relied on "evidence" from the Bible, from the origin of the Spanish aristocracy, from medieval Jewish authors like Santob de Carrion (Shem Tov ben Ardutiel) , R. Moses Arragel, R. Asher ben Yehiel, R. Solomon ben Adret, and others. Castro's evidence is based entirely on a basic misunderstanding of the sources, of the Jews' understanding of the biblical text, and of the essence of Jewish law” (Scholberg in EJ 2007) . OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (National Library of Sweden) . Heavily warped by waterdamage, but completely usable with no explicit damage (plates were not printed on glossy paper, but rather high-grade flat paper, so they did not stick) . Ex-library with usual markings. Staining to cover. Staining on edges of pages. Good condition. Important and scarce. (Sef-18-17)‎

‎Bahya Ben Joseph Ibn Pakuda, Yehudah Ibn Tibon, Max Emanuel Stern‎

‎HOVOT HA-LEVAVOT‎

‎(FT) ardcover, 8vo, xxvi, 462 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish ethics -- Early works to 1800. Lehrbuch der Herzenspflichten; Torat hovot ha-levavot. Bahya (second half of 11th century) , was a “moral philosopher. Little is known about the particulars of Bahya's life beyond the fact that he lived in Muslim Spain, probably at Saragossa. Bahya was also known as a paytan and some of his piyyutim are metered. Twenty piyyutim, either published or in manuscript, signed with the name Bahya are assumed to be his. Bahya's major work, Kitab al-Hidaya ila Fara’id al-Qulub, was written around 1080. It was translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon n 1161 under the title hovot ha-Levavot ("Duties of the Hearts") , and in this version it became popular and had a profound influence on all subsequent Jewish pietistic literature. Several abridgments were made of the Hebrew translation, and the work was translated into Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Yiddish. In more recent times it has been translated into English, German (Choboth ha-L'baboth. Lehrbuch der Herzenspflichten, tr. By M. Stern, 1856) , and French. In his Hovot ha-Levavot Bahya drew a great deal upon non-Jewish sources, borrowing from Muslim mysticism, Arabic Neoplatonism, and perhaps also from the Hermetic writings. From Muslim authors he borrowed the basic structure of the book as well as definitions, aphorisms, and examples to illustrate his doctrines. Despite the fact that Bahya borrowed so liberally from non-Jewish sources, Hovot ha-Levavot remains an essentially Jewish book” (Vajda in EJ 2007) . OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Front and back cover not attached. Yellowing of pages. Good condition. (Rab-50-6)‎

‎Menachem Elon‎

‎MAFTEAH HA-SHEELOT VEHA-TESHUVOT SHEL HAKHME SEFARAD U-TSEFON AFRIKAH‎

‎(FT) pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Responsa -- 1040-1600 -- Indexes. Title on added: title page: “Digest of the responsa literature of Spain and North Africa. ” Spine title: “Mafteah Ha-sh. U-t. , Sefarad u-Tsefon Afrikan. ” Includes bibliographical references. Elon, (1923–) , was an Israeli jurist. He was born in Duesseldorf, Germany, Elon immigrated to Palestine in 1935. From 1959 to 1966 Elon was Adviser on Jewish Law to the Israel Ministry of Justice and from 1966 taught Jewish Law at the Hebrew University, where he directed the Institute for Research in Jewish Law. He has published works on the relation between Jewish civil law and the law of the State of Israel, (EJ, Staff) In very good condition. (SEF-12A-4)‎

‎Ramon Alberch I Fugueras‎

‎ELS JUEUS A LES TERRES GIRONINES‎

‎8vo. 95 pages. Illustrated. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Spain -- Gerona (Province) -- History.  Gerona (Spain : Province) -- Ethnic relations.   OCLC lists three copies worldwide. In very good condition. (SEF-12A-9)‎

‎Werblowsky, R. J. Zwi‎

‎JOSEPH KARO: LAWYER AND MYSTIC.‎

‎8vo. Xii, 315 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism; Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, 1488-1575; Caro Joseph, 1488-1575. SERIES: Scripta Judaica ; 4; Ex library with bookplate and spine sticker, otherwise near fine condition. (SEF-8-5a)‎

‎Iraq) Haddad, Ezra Y.‎

‎AVNE-DEREKH: LE-TOLDOT HA-YEHUDIM BE-BAVEL-`IRAK ME-HURBAN HA-BAYIT HA-RISHON VE-`AD LA-`ALIYAH HA-HAMONIT [MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN BABYLON-IRAQ FROM THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY 597 B. C. TO THE MASS EXODUS TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL, 1951 A. D]‎

‎(FT) 8vo. 91 pages. Illustrated. SUBJECT(S) : Jews – Iraq – history; Jews – Iraq – Babylonia – history. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Inscribed. Light spots of covers, edges and title page, spine torn, good condition. (SEF-8-14a)‎

‎Zucker, George K. , editor.‎

‎SEPHARDIC IDENTITY: ESSAYS ON A VANISHING JEWISH CULTURE.‎

‎8vo. 200 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Sephardim – social conditions; Sephardim – history; Sephardim – intellectual life. ISBN 0786420219. Fine condition. (SEF-8-23a)‎

‎Romano, David.‎

‎PER A UNA HISTÒRIA DE LA GIRONA JUEVA, VOL 1.‎

‎8vo. Various pagings. Illustrated. Volume one (of two) only. First edition. SUBJECT(S) : Jews – Spain – Gerona – history; Gerona (Spain) – ethnic relations. OCLC lists 29 copies worldwide. ISBN: 8486837022. A little edgeworn, very good condition. (SEF-8-26a)‎

‎Angel, Marc‎

‎EXPLORING SEPHARDIC CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS‎

‎Softcover, 8vo, 72 pages, illustrated, 23 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism -- Sephardic rite. Fasts and feasts -- Judaism. Includes bibliographical references on pages71-72. Very good condition. (Sef-29-13)‎

‎Hagiz, Moses‎

‎SHETE HA-LEHEM: SHE’ELOT U-TESHUVOT‎

‎Hardcover, 8vo, 48 leaves, 24 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Responsa -- 1600-1800. Hagiz (1672-c. 1751) was a “scholar, kabbalist, and opponent of Shabbateanism; son of Jacob Hagiz. He was born in Jerusalem and studied with his grandfather, Moses Galante. He appears to have quarreled in his youth with the rabbis and lay leaders of Jerusalem, for when in 1694 he left Erez Israel to collect money to found a yeshivah in Jerusalem, damaging letters were sent after him to the communities to which he turned. Moses visited Egypt and then Italy, where in 1704 he published his father’s Halakhot Ketannot. He traveled by way of Prague to Amsterdam where he made contact with Zevi Hirsch Ashkenazi, then rabbi of the Ashkenazi community, and collaborated with him in an energetic struggle against Shabbateanism and its secret adherents. When in 1713 Ashkenazi and Moses refused to retract the excommunication of the Shabbatean Nehemiah Hayon, a fierce quarrel broke out between them and the elders of the Portuguese community. In 1714 when Ashkenazi resigned his rabbinical office and left Amsterdam, Moses was compelled to leave with him. He went first to London with Ashkenazi, there continuing the fight against Hayon and his allies, and then to Altona, home of Jacob Emden, Ashkenazi’s son, where he resumed the struggle against Shabbateanism. Among those he attacked were Michael Abraham Cardoso and even Jonathan Eybeschuetz, and he took the offensive against Moses Hayyim Luzzatto, inducing the rabbis of Venice to excommunicate him. In 1738 Moses returned to Erez Israel and settled in Safed. He died in Beirut and was taken to Sidon for burial. A talmudic scholar of the first rank and a prolific writer, Moses was assisted by a good grounding in secular knowledge and by a command of several foreign languages. In Altona he was friendly with Johann Christopher Wolf, who mentions him in his Bibliotheca Hebraica. His works include Leket ha-Kemah, novellae on the Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim and Yoreh De’ah, and Even ha-Ezer; responsa Shetei ha-Lehem; the ethical treatises Zerror ha-Hayyim and Mishnat hakhamim; Elleh ha-Mitzvot, on the numeration of precepts in Maimonides’ Sefer ha-Mitzvot, on the Oral Law, and on Kabbalah; Sefat Emet; and Parashat Elleh Masei, on the sanctity of the land of Israel. His literary activity also included the editing of many early books” (Tamar in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Harvard, Rutgers) . Browning to edges of pages. Ex-library. Hinge repair. Some fragile page ends. Otherwise, good condition. (Heb-15A-1)‎

‎Turkey) Rodrigue, Aron.‎

‎FRENCH JEWS, TURKISH JEWS: THE ALLIANCE ISRAÉLITE UNIVERSELLE AND THE POLITICS OF JEWISH SCHOOLING IN TURKEY, 1860-1925.‎

‎Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. xiv, 234 pages. SUBJECT(S) : Jews – education – Turkey; Jews – Turkey – history; Onderwijs; Joden; Alliance Israelite Universelle; Turkey – ethnic relations. SERIES: The Modern Jewish experience; Variation: Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind. ) CONTENTS: The Emergence of the “Jewish Eastern Question”; Turkish Jewry in the age of the Tanzimat; The Politics of Schooling: The Alliance Israelite and the Jewish Communities of Turkey; Educating Turkish Jewry; The Alliance Schools and Jewish Society in Turkey; The Alliance and the Emergence of Zionism in Turkey; Between French Imperialism and Turkish Nationalism: The End of the Alliance in Turkey. Nice, clean copy in Very Good condition with like jacket. (SEF-8-16a)‎

‎(Jt) Ottolenghi, Raffaele‎

‎I "FALASHA".‎

‎Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 12 pages. 25 cm. In Italian. Title translates as, “The ‘Falasha’”. SUBJECT (S) : Jews, Ethiopian. “Dalla Nuova Antologia: 1o Febbraio 1913.” [Offprint from ‘New Anthology, ’ February 1, 1913]. Pages tanned with some chipping at edges; spine repaired. Good condition. (SEF39-29)‎

‎Kraus, Walter Max. Ed.‎

‎THE SAINT CHARLES. VOL. 1, NO. 1 (JAN. 1935)‎

‎Cloth. 8vo. 161 pages. 24 cm. First edition. "Named to commemorate the ship which brought the first group of Jewish settlers to America in September, 1654; devoted to the history and genealogy of the ancestors, founders and descendants of those Jewish families which settled in America prior to 1789." The first issue appears to the the only one published, though it was announced as a quarterly. The contributing editors include Cecil Roth and David de Sola Pool. Includes color and black and white illustrated plates, and large fold out geneaological chart. Includes essays on 'New York's Oldest Existing Jewish Cemetery', 'Coats of Arms Attributed to Moses Levy', 'The Bible of Joshua Isaacs the Second; a Grandson of Joseph Isaacs, made a Freeman at New York in 1698', The Will of Abraham de Lecuna of New York'. Subjects: Jews - United States - Genealogy - Periodicals. Jews - United States - History – Periodicals. Clean and fresh. Great condition. (SEF-46-21)‎

‎Marcus, Joseph‎

‎GINZE SHIRAH U-FIYUT MI-RASHE HA-PAITANIM VEHA-MESHORERIM HA-KADMONIM‎

‎Later Boards. 8vo. 134 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Volume 1: Shire kodesh, Sefer Rishon. Added English title page: Liturgical and secular poetry of the foremost mediaeval poets, from the Genizah collection in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Joseph Marcus (1897–1977) , Hebrew scholar. … He was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1924. After briefly holding several rabbinical positions, he assisted Israel Davidson in the preparation of the latter's Ozar ('Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew Poetry') ; later he assisted Bialik and Rawnitzki in preparing their editions of the poems of Ibn Gabirol and Moses Ibn Ezra, copying for them poems from the Seminary's genizah collection. In the course of this work (1929) , Marcus discovered a leaf from a hitherto unknown Hebrew manuscript of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) . ” - 2008 EJ. Subjects: Hebrew poetry, Medieval. Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew. Piyutim. Hebrew poetry, Medieval. Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew. Soiling to outer edges; previous owners bookstamp on endpage; otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (SEF-53-16)‎

‎Rehov, Pierre.‎

‎THE SILENT EXODUS: (LES REFUGIES DU SILENCE) [DVD]‎

‎Dvd. Documentary Film. 1 Videodisc (52 min. ) . Refugies du silence, a film by Pierre Rehov; produced and directed by Pierre Rehov. Editor, Alexandre Adam. “The Silent Exodus details the centuries of persecution endured by Jews living in Arab lands, using film footage, photographs, and interviews with Jewish refugees. ” Subjects: DVD video (dvv) . Jews -- Arab countries - Migrations. Jewish refugees - Israel. Jewish-Arab relations. Emigration and immigration. International relations. Jewish-Arab relations. Jewish refugees. Jews - Migrations. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. History. Israel -- Emigration and immigration. Israel - History. Israel - Foreign relations -- Arab countries. Brand new in plastic wrap. Very good + condition. (SEF-53-21)‎

‎BEN EZRA SYNAGOGUE. COURTE NOTICE SUR LA PLUS ANCIENNE SYNAGOGUE DE L'EGYPTE‎

‎Original paper wrappers, 16mo. 33 pages. In French. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Souvenir guide for tourists to the synagogue in Cairo. According to the booklet, there were 42 Jewish families in Cairo at the time. With background on the Synagogue’s history, attractions in and around the synagogue, and sayings from the Talmud. SUBJECT (S) Jews -- Egypt -- Cairo. Synagogen. Ben Ezra Synagoge (Cairo) . OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Very good condition. (SEF-31-34A)‎

‎(xt) Sephiha, Vidal‎

‎L’AGONIE DES JUDEO-ESPAGNOLS‎

‎Softcover, 8vo, 131 pages, illustrations, 20 cm. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Descriptor: Sephardim -- History. Sefarades -- Histoire. Bibliography: pages 127-129. Discography: pages 130-131. Filmography: page 131. Sephiha (1923–) is a “Judeo-Spanish linguist and activist. Sephiha was born in Brussels to a Sephardi family from Istanbul. During the German occupation of Belgium, he was arrested in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz in September. He survived the death camp, where his father perished. After liberation, he resumed his studies in natural sciences, graduating in 1948 and working as a chemical engineer; however, he eventually decided to study and defend the linguistic and cultural heritage of his community. His understanding of the language is based on a clear distinction between its two fundamental modalities. Sephiha, who retired in 1991, was instrumental in securing academic acceptance and public support for the “agonizing language” he spoke and taught. Besides his scientific and popular publications, from 1972 he launched several calls for revival of the language and in 1979 founded the “Association Vidas Largas for the Defense and Promotion of the Judeo-Spanish Language and Culture, ” which organizes educational work in Sephardi communities as well as the rescue of literary, musical, and architectural treasures. Judeo-Spanish has since been included among the recognized minority languages of France. In 2003, Sephiha inaugurated at the Auschwitz site a memorial in honor of the 160, 000 Judeo-Spanish victims of the Holocaust” (Wilke in EJ 2007) . Ex-library with usual markings. Very Good condition. (Sef-30-8A)‎

‎(SEDER HAGADAH SHEL PESACH) Loewe, Raphael, intoductory notes and translation.‎

‎THE RYLANDS HAGGADAH: A MEDIEVAL SEPHARDI MASTERPIECE IN FACSIMILE.‎

‎An Illuminated Passover Compendium from Mid-14th-Century Catalonia in the Collections of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester... N.Y.: Abrams, (1988). 4to, 76 pages of text, many color plates. red silk cloth, lettered in gilt, matching slipcase. See images at www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/rylands-haggadah Near Fine Condition in original publisher's shipping box.‎

‎BARRUECO SALVADOR Manuel O.S.A.‎

‎Los condes de Aranda y el convento de San Sebastian de Epila (1493-1591)‎

‎295pp.with ills., 22cm., in the series "Historia viva" vol.10, softcover, good condition, text in Spanish, R75207‎

‎NN‎

‎Bibliografía de A. Rodríguez-Monino (1925-1955)‎

‎55pp., 18cm., softcover, limited and numbered edition of 200 copies: this no.192, with handwritten dedication by the author to the Belgian hispanist Terlinden, page partially uncut, few words crossed out on p.54, good condition, T75369‎

‎DELBECQUE Nicole, LIE Nadia & ADRIAENSEN Brigitte (eds.)‎

‎Federico Garcia Lorca et cetera. Estudios sobre las literaturas hispánicas en honor de Christian De Paepe‎

‎602pp.with portrait, 24cm., in the series "Symbolae Facultatis Litterarum Lovaniensis" series A vol.32, hardback (cloth), fine condition, [most of the contributions in Spanish], T74664‎

‎VERMEULEN Anna‎

‎A quantos leyeren esta carta… Estudio histórico-crítico de la famosa carta de don Juan José de Austria, fechada en Consuegra, el 21 de octubre de 1668‎

‎167pp., 24cm., in the series "Symbolae Facultatis Litterarum Lovaniensis" Series B vol.28, very good condition, [text in Spanish], G74615‎