‎Allemagne‎

‎ALMANACH DES SCHOCKEN VERLAGS AUF DAS JAHR 5698.‎

‎12mo. 177 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish literature – Germany – periodicals; Jewish almanacs – Germany. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Spine faded and creased, very good condition. (GER-20-14B)‎

‎(Jt) Klausner, Joseph (Yosef Klozner)‎

‎TOLDOT HA-SIFRUT HA-'IVRIT HA-HADASHAH (545-678)‎

‎(ft) Cloth, Square 8vo, 100 pages. 22 cm. 1st edition. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature, Modern -- History and criticism. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Includes bibliographic references. Klausner (1874-1958) "was an active Zionist and a fervent nationalist throughout his life, and his Zionist views color all his work. A delegate to the First Congress, he was greatly influenced by the political ideas of Herzl, although his cultural approach remained that of the Hovevei Zion and Ah ad Ha-Am. He attended nearly every subsequent Congress until the eleventh, contributing surveys on them to Ha-Shilo'a h. From 1930 he began to identify himself more and more with the policy of Jabotinsky and was regarded by the Revisionist Party, and later by its successor, Herut, as the ideologist of the movement. He edited the monthly Beitar (together with B. Netanyahu) from 1932-33 and came out vigorously, both in speech and in writing, in support of the ideals of the right-wing nationalists. In 1949 they put his name forward as their candidate for the first president of the State of Israel in opposition to Chaim Weizmann. " (Staff, EJ) . Binding repaired, otherwise Good Condition. (HEB-2-21A)‎

‎Weil, Dr. Gotthold‎

‎AUS EINEM BRIEFE JOHN LOCKES‎

‎1920s. Paper wrappers, 4to. , From series "Sonderdruck aus den Soncino-Blattern" (p. 199-208) . In German and Hebrew. Illustrated. Gotthold Weill was an "Orientalist. Born in Berlin, Weil began his academic career at the Berlin State Library in 1906, and in 1918 became director of its Oriental department, which he had founded. Teaching post-biblical Jewish history and literature at Berlin University from 1912, he was appointed professor in 1920. In 1931 he was appointed professor of Semitic languages at the University of Frankfurt, in succession to Josef Horovitz . Weil was dismissed by the Nazis with the rest of his Jewish colleagues in 1934. From 1935 to 1946 he was head of the National and University Library in Jerusalem and also held the chair of Turkish studies at The Hebrew University (to 1952) . Weil's main field was Arabic studies, but he had wider Jewish interests as well and was on the board of various Jewish cultural institutions in Germany, and a governor of The Hebrew University. World War I directed his interest to Turkish studies...In 1953 he published Maimonides Responsum ueber die Lebensdauer (text with German translation) . On the occasion of his 70th birthday a Festschrift was issued by the Institute for Oriental Studies of The Hebrew University. " (Kopf, EJ, 2007) . Covers chipped and sunned. Otherwise good condition. (BIB-7-14)‎

‎(Jt) Epstein, J. N.‎

‎DER GAONAISCHE KOMMENTAR ZUR ORDNUNG TOHOROTH: EINE KRITISCHE EINLEITUNG ZU DEM R. HAI GAON ZUGESCHRIEBENEN KOMMENTAR‎

‎Hardcover, vi, 160 pages, 8vo, 25 cm. In German. Boaz Cohen’s copy with his signature on title page. Notes on inside cover. SUBJECT (S) : Geonic literature -- History and criticism. Named Person: Hai ben Sherira, 939-1038. Title Subject: Mishnah. Tohorot (Order) -- Commentaries. Includes bibliographical references. Wear to binding. Wear to edges of cover and folding. Otherwise, good condition. (rab-33-5)‎

‎(Jt) Zunz, Leopold.‎

‎ZUR GESCHICHTE UND LITERATUR.‎

‎8vo. Viii, 607 pages. In German. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish literature - history and criticism; Hebrew literature - history and criticism; Manuscripts, Hebrew - bibliography; Printing - Czech Republic - Prague - history; Printing, Hebrew. CONTENTS: Die jüdische Literatur. --Zur Literatur des jüdischen Mittelalters in Frankreich und Deutschland. --Bibliographisches: Daten-Bestimmungen. Sammlungen und Verseichnisse. Drucker und Drucke von Mantua (a. 1476 bis 1662) Druckereien in Prag. Annalen der hebräischen Typographie von Prag (1513-1657) --Das Gedächtniss der Gerechten. --Die jüdischen Dichter der Provence. --Geschichte der Juden in Sieilien. --Münzkunde. --Berichtigungen und Nachträge. --Verzeichniss der benutzten handschriftlichen hebräischen Werke. --Register der Personennamen. Zunz (1794-1886) , born and educated in Germany, was a well-known historian. An heir to European Enlightenment, he was a founded of the idea of the "Science of Judaism. " In that vein, he fruitlessly hoped that Jewish studies would be taught in universities as a regular academic discipline, and that he'd be able to do the teaching. He believed that Jewish literature and learning was part of the broader scope of human affairs, including the sciences, and should not be shut up merely in discussions of religious matters. For his seventieth birthday, a foundation was set up to fund Zunz's and other similar scholarship. He continued to work until 1874, when his wife's death left him seriously depressed. (Glatzer, EJ) Ex library. Rebound. Edges tanning, good condition. (SPEC-7-5)‎

‎(Jt) Ehrlich, Arnold B.‎

‎RANDGLOSSEN ZUR HEBRÄISCHEN BIBEL; TEXTKRITISCHES, SPRACHLICHES UND SACHLICHES. ZWEITER BAND. LEVITICUS, NUMERI, DEUTERONOMIUM.‎

‎Half-leather, Large 8vo. 355 pages. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1909. Volume 2 only of a 7-volume set. Decorative end papers; marbled edges. In German. Ehrlich was a Polish-born Bibical exegete who lived in worked in Germany and then the United States. His Randglossen zur hebraeischen Bibel (7 vols. , 1908-14) is a German commentary on the Bible, which like his Hebrew one consists of notes on the Bible. "Ehrlich included part of the material from his Hebrew commentary, but in an expanded form, as well as new interpretations arrived at since its publication; many of his earlier opinions are changed here. Only rarely does he comment on aspects dealt with by the 'higher criticism. ' He concentrates on textual criticism and reconstructions, and his very numerous emendations (especially in his German commentary) are at times conjectural (such as: haplography or dittography, letters having a similar appearance in the ancient or in the square script, the use of abbreviations, glosses, etc. ) , and in most cases are not even based on ancient translations. His comments, which are distinguished by their originality, at times have the quality of homiletics and are derived from Ehrlich's innovating spirit; yet through his sound linguistic instinct and fine linguistic differentiations he succeeded in illuminating and explaining, with great acumen and profundity, many verses and linguistic usages. Ehrlich's exegetical work is an important contribution to modern biblical exegesis. " (Raphael Weiss, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Bible. O. T. Hebrew -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Ex-library with minimal markings. Spine cracked, residue from two small strips of tape on spine. Very slight wrinkling to pages. Very good condition. (GER-6-3A)‎

‎Eisler, Moritz‎

‎VORLESUNGEN UBER DIE JUDISCHEN PHILOSOPHEN DES MITTELALTERS. ABTHEILUNG I‎

‎8vo; 119 pages; Includes Saadia, Bachia, Ibn Gabirol, Jehuda Halevi, and Ibn Ezra. Includes a list of the publisher's other publications on back cover. Original paper wrappers, spine repaired in cloth tape.Wear and staining to covers, pages stained in margins, brown and fragile. Fair condition. (RAB-45-21)‎

‎Strack, Hermann L.‎

‎EINLEITUNG IN DEN THALMUD. ZWEITE, NEUBEARBEITETE AUFLAGE.‎

‎Leipzig: J. C. Hinrich, 1894. Rebound in modern paper wrappers, 8vo. Viii, 136 pages. In German. Includes bibliographical annotations. Series: Schriften des Instutum judaicum in Berlin, Number. 2. Strack was a German Protestant theologian and Orientalist; assistant professor of Old Testament exegesis and Semitic languages at the University of Berlin; and "the foremost Christian authority in Germany on Talmudic and rabbinic literature, [who] studied rabbinics under Steinschneider. Since the reappearance of anti-Semitism in Germany Strack has been the champion of the Jews...."Einleitung in den Talmud" [is] a revised reprint of his article on the subject in Herzog-Hauck's "Real-Encyklopädie, " to which he made a whole series of contributions on rabbinic subjects. " (JE) SUBJECT(S) : Talmud. Missing original covers, small stain to corner of title page. Very good condition. (GR-6-17)‎

‎Lazarus, M.‎

‎DIE ETHIK DES JUDENTHUMS. [VOL I] ONLY.‎

‎Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1898. Three quarter leather; 8vo. Xxv, 469 pages. First edition. Gold lettering and rules to spine. In German. Bibliographical notes and index. Lazarus was a German philosopher and psychologist; Ethik des Judentums was his major work. In it, "Lazarus presents Jewish ethics as an 'objective-immanent' system. This system is based on an empirical, positivistic approach toward Jewish studies which holds that Jewish teachings on any subject must be derived from an analysis of Jewish sources. In selecting this approach, Lazarus departs from the 'constructive-speculative' philosophies of his 19th-century predecessors Solomon Formstecher and Samuel Hirsch, who brought a philosophic formalism to the analysis of the Jewish sources. Thus, philosophy, according to Lazarus, does not provide a preexistent scheme for Wissenschaft des Judentums ('Science of Judaism') , but is a methodological aid for discovering the objective unity of the "ethical cosmos, " as it appears throughout the Jewish literary tradition. Lazarus distinguishes between the subjective-formal approach to Jewish ethics, in which a philosophic formalism provides the starting point of investigation, and the objective-content one, in which the investigation begins with the sources themselves. He takes the latter approach as his own. He does this because in biblical and rabbinic literature, will, intent, and the Jewish way of life, rather than reflection and speculation, are the primary principles. (Franz Rosenzweig later based his existential philosophy on the same idea. ) Lazarus accepts this position for another reason: A Jewish ethical world view based on this conception possesses greater depth and clarity than one based on formal concepts and theoretical speculation. Lazarus emphasizes the religious character of obligation in Jewish ethics. God is the supreme, hidden principle on whom Judaism depends and who makes its whole legal structure necessary. Lazarus conceives of Jewish ethics in line with the autonomous ethics of Kant, holding that the absolute characteristic of Jewish ethics is expressed in immediate inner certainty, though he does not follow Kant completely. Such conceptualization was made possible by establishing an ethical norm as the highest source of the moral imperative, to which even God is subordinate. Lazarus was ambiguous with regard to the heteronomous character of Jewish ethics, and this ambiguity was the basis of attack against his system, both by those who accused him of inconsistency and by those who held that he had not done justice to the heteronomous character of Jewish ethics. In Lazarus' conception Jewish ethics is fundamentally social-universal. This position countered the particularist trends of Judaism and, in particular, of 19th-century Jewish theology. However, the fact of a universal aspect to Jewish ethics does not entail teaching and disseminating Jewish beliefs throughout the world. Rather, its existence reflects an attitude and a total way of life, based on the threefold conception God, the world, and mankind, that Jews should embrace. The central concept underlying this view of Jewish life is holiness. Holiness, according to Lazarus, is not numinous, nor transcendental, but a quality to be embodied in human life. It is defined as the 'ultimate goal of morality. '" (Moshe Schwarcz, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Jewish ethics. Ethics. Missing front cover. Wear and flaking to leather on spine. Pages slightly tanned. Title page chipped. Good condition. (RAB-48-15)‎

‎Jehuda Ha-Levi (Hallevi / Halevi) Brody, H. , editor‎

‎DIWAN DES ABU-I-HASAN JEHUDA HA-LEVI. ZWEITER BAND: NICHTGOTTESDIENSTLICHE POESIE. HEFT 3 ONLY (PAGES 213 - 334)‎

‎8vo; 121 pages; Slight wear to covers and spine. Slight damp stain to bottom of some pages. Pages uncut. (K-mx2-46)‎

‎Geitel, G. A.‎

‎GESUCH DER BEKENNER DES JUDISCHEN GLAUBENS IM HERZOGTHUM BRAUNSCHWEIG AN SE. HOCHFURSTLICHE DURCHLAUCHT DEN REGIERENDEN HERRN HERZOG WILHELM VON BRAUNSCHWEIG-LUNEBURG, UM GNADIGSTE VERLEIHUNG VOLLER BURGERLICHEN RECHTE‎

‎1st edition. Hardcover, 8vo, iv, 113 pages, table, 21 cm. In German. Title translates as, "Request by the President of the Jewish Faith in the Duchy of Braunschweig to the High-Court Petition to the Regular Lord, Duke Wilhelm Von Braunschweig-Luneburg, for the Most Merciful Granting of Full Civil Rights." SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Emancipation -- Germany -- Braunschweig (State) . OCLC lists only 3 copies in the US (UCLA, NYPL. HUC) . Bumped corners. Light staining to pages. Wear to binding. Good condition. Important work. Scarce. (Spec-8-6)‎

‎Verband Deutscher Komponisten Und Musikwissenschaftler. ; Verband Der Komponisten Und Musikwissenschaftler Der Ddr. ; Verband Der Deutscher Komponisten.‎

‎MUSIK UND GESELLSCHAFT. 38. JAHRGANG.‎

‎8vo. 561-616 pages. In German. Illustrated. Includes content on Jews SUBJECT (S) : Music – periodicals. Covers slightly worn, pages a little darkened, very good condition. (GER-18-6)‎

‎Geiger, Abraham; Geiger, Ludwig‎

‎ABRAHAM GEIGER'S NACHGELASSENE SCHRIFTEN. DRITTER BAND. ONLY‎

‎8vo. 326 pages. In German. First edition. This volume only. SUBJECT (S) : Judaism; Jews – Germany; Jewish question; Geiger, Abraham, 1810-1874. Abraham Geiger (1810-1847) was a Reform movement leader. In 1832, he became the rabbi of Wiesbaden, and began his program of reform; five years later, he hosted the first meeting of Reform rabbis there. He also served in Breslau and Frankfurt, his hometown. His well-known Orthodox opponents were S. R. Hirsch and A Titkin. Ex library with minimal markings, covers and front flyleaf missing, back flyleaf and edges marbled, a couple small tears in text, fair condition. (GER-18-11)‎

‎Danzig, Abraham Ben Jehiel Michal‎

‎SEFER HAYE ADAM: BO NIKBETSU U-VAU BE-SEDER NAKHON KOL HA-MITSVOT ASHER YAASEH OTAM HA-ADAM KOL YEME HELDO; VA-YEKABETS HA-MEHABER ... ET KOL HA-DINIM VEHA-HALAKHOT HA-KETUVI ...‎

‎Hardcover, 8vo, 520 pages, 22 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish law. Judaism -- Customs and practices. In Hebrew. Other Titles: Haye adam. Danzig (1748-1820) was a “codifier. Born in Danzig, he studied in Prague at the yeshivot of Joseph Liebermann and Ezekiel Landau. True to his family tradition, he refused to derive any material gain from his studies and earned his livelihood as a merchant. Although required at times to travel long distances to trade fairs in Germany, he continued to learn with great devotion. From 1794 to 1812 he served as dayyan in Vilna, in an honorary capacity; only in his old age, after losing his possessions, was he obliged to accept remuneration for his services. Danzig wrote a number of halakhic works, but his fame rests upon two publications: (1) Hayei Adam ("Man's Life") , covering all the laws of the Shulhan Arukh dealing with daily conduct, based on the Orah Hayyim sections, with an addendum called Nishmat Adam, in which he justified his decisions which were not in accordance with the accepted view; and (2) Hokhmat Adam ("Man's Wisdom") , covering all the laws of the Shulhan Arukh dealing with the dietary regulations, etc. , contained in the Yoreh De’ah section, with an addendum called Binat Adam, which included discussions on various relevant halakhic subjects and responsa. Both works were initially intended for youthful students and for educated laymen not fully versed in rabbinic literature who, in attempting to determine Jewish law, found themselves unable to grapple with the intricacies of the Shulhan Arukh and with its maze of conflicting opinions. In these works, Danzig shows himself possessed of considerable pedagogical talent. He arranges the laws methodically, defines his terms lucidly and precisely, presents the various views and their sources, and renders his own decisions and his reasons for them – all in clear, simple language. The pleasant tenor of his writing, which is suffused with unquestioning faith and true piety, contributed largely toward the acceptance of his works. Hayyei Adam appeared in almost a hundred editions. Groups called “Hevrot Hayyei Adam” were formed in several communities for the regular study of the code. Danzig’s merits as a codifier were recognized also by renowned rabbis and codifiers, who gave due consideration to his decisions. His books include much of historical interest with regard to the daily life of Lithuanian Jewry in his generation” (Schlesinger in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (U of Denver) . Hinge repair. Light staining to some pages. Wear and chipping to cover edges and corners. Notes inside back cover. Otherwise, good condition. (Heb-15A-14)‎

‎ALMANACH DES SCHOCKEN VERLAGS AUF DAS JAHR 5699.‎

‎12mo. 153, 26 pages. In German. This final volume, Nr. 6, includes a "Gesamtverzeichnis der Verlagswerke im Herbst 1938." SUBJECT(S) : Jewish literature - Germany - periodicals; Jewish almanacs - Germany. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Light wear with spine sunned. Very good condition (HOLO2-57-1).‎

‎Schoen, Lazar, editor‎

‎DIE STIMME DER WAHRHEIT: JAHRBUCH FÜR WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN ZIONISMUS. 1. JAHRGANG (NO MORE PUBLISHED) . GOOD CONDITION‎

‎8vo 8" - 9" tall; Cloth. v, 480 pages. In German. "Unter Mitwirkung von Autoritäten aller Konfessionen hrsg. Von Lazar Schön." Scarce, F. Von. Judaea (gedicht) --Geleitwort des herausgebers. --Zum programm des zionismus. --Palästinafragen. --Stimmen über dr, Theodor Herzl. --Für und wider den zionismus. --Christliche stimmen über den zionismus. --Zionismus und kultur. --Zionismus und religion. --Der zionismus und die frauen. --Zur geschichte des zionismus. --Zionistiche literatur. --Vermischtes. Light edgewear. Pages darkened at edges, but all text is clear. Very good condition. (HOLO2-59-6)‎

‎Levy, Moritz Abraham.‎

‎GESCHICHTE DER JÜDISCHEN MÜNZEN. GEMEINFASSLICH DARGESTELLT.‎

‎12mo. X, 163 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : German language; Numismatics, Jewish. Covers wornl; lacks backstrip. Internal pages are nice and clean with tight binding. Good+ condition. (GER-30-7).‎

‎Geiger, Abraham. edited by Ludwig Geiger.‎

‎NACHGELASSENE SCHRIFTEN. ERSTER BAND. VOL 1 ONLY [OF 5]‎

‎Cloth; 8vo. viii, 369 pages. Volume One only. In German. Bibliography. Geiger was a "rabbi, son of an old-established family in Frankfort, one of the leaders of the Reform movement in Judaism, and an outstanding scholar of Wissenschaft des Judentums....His theoretical and practical activities were stamped by intellectual daring and profound knowledge of both Jewish and general subjects, and served his aspiration to make Judaism an integral part of the general European culture in its German context...." (Jacob S. Levinger, EJ) SUBJECT(S): Judaism. Jews -- Germany. Jewish question. Cover worn, especially at edges and along spine where archival tape is peeling. Internal pages are nice and clean. All text is clear and binding is tight. Good condition. (GER-30-9).‎

‎Karpeles, Gustav.‎

‎GESCHICHTE DER JÜDISCHEN LITERATUR. COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES.‎

‎Berlin: M. Poppelauer, 1920. Cloth; 8vo. 477, 470 pages. In German. Karpeles was a literary historian, editor of many periodicals including the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums, and the Jahrbuch fuer juedische Geschichte und Literatur. "His most important contribution to Jewish scholarship was the Geschichte der juedischen Literatur....Karpeles was not an original or profound scholar, but he did much to popularize Jewish literature and history. " (Sol Liptzin, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature -- History and criticism. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Pages tanned. Bingins tight and solid. Good + condition. (SPEC-27-31)‎

‎JAHRBUCH FÜR JUDISCHE GESCHICHTE UND LITERATUR. VOLUME 10(1906) .‎

‎; 8vo; 260 + 51 pages; Pages tanned, Good condition. (GER-31-1)‎

‎Guttmann, Jacob, and Gesellschaft Zur Förderung Der Wissenschaft Des Judentums, Eds.‎

‎BEITRÄGE ZUR GESCHICHTE DER DEUTSCHEN JUDEN. FESTSCHRIFT ZUM SIEBZIGSTEN GEBURSTAGE MARTIN PHILIPPSONS.‎

‎Contemporary Boards. 8vo. xii, 392 pages. In German. Embossed boards; gilt titles; decorative endpapers. "Einleitung" by Jacob Guttmann. Includes bibliographical references. 23 essays in honor of Philippson, director of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums ("Association for the Advancement of the Science of Judaism, " a 19th-century European movement) . SUBJECT(S) : Jews. Jews -- Germany. Philippson, Martin, 1846-1916. Bookplate of Albert J. Phiebig on inside front cover. Phiebig was a New York publisher and book collector, one of the Continental emigré booksellers of the thirties and forties who brought expertise, craftmanship and a heightened bibliographical consciousness to the American antiquarian book trade. Excellent condition. (FEST-1-115)‎

‎Klemig, Roland; Bamberger, Gabrielle.‎

‎JEWS IN GERMANY UNDER PRUSSIAN RULE.‎

‎Paper Wrappers. Folio. 132 pages. Illustrated. Includes over 100 color and black and white illustrations. Organized according to major events in the history of Jewish communities in Prussian lands. SUBJECT (S) : Jews - Germany - Prussia - Exhibitions; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Germany - Prussia - Exhibitions; Joden. Some curving to book. Some bumping to spine and edges of cover. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (SPEC23-4)‎

‎Marcus, Jacob R.‎

‎COMMUNAL SICK-CARE IN THE GERMAN GHETTO.‎

‎Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. xiii, 335 pages. Includes index. Focuses on the institution of the German-Jewish Ghetto from 1500-1800. Very good condition. (COMHIST-8-4a).‎

‎Yeh?ezk?el, 1667?-1749. ‎

‎SH. U-T. KENESET YEHEZKEL‎

‎(FT) Hardcover, folio, 260 pages, 31 cm. In Hebrew. 1st edition. SUBJECT(S) : Responsa -- 1600-1800. Hebrew imprints -- Germany -- Altona. Title within ornamental border. Verso of title-page includes a diagram and a poem. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Back cover missing. Wear to binding. Repair to spine. Bumped corners and edges. Yellowing of pages. (Heb-37-7)‎

‎Jacobson, Bernhard S.‎

‎YAMIM NORAIM : ARBEITSPLAN UND STOFFSAMMLUNG.‎

‎Original Paper Wrappers. 12mo. 117 pages. In German with Hebrew on cover.. SUBJECT(S) : High Holidays. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Tight binding. Nice, clean copy in Very Good condition. (SPEC-32-17)‎