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(Xt) Ottensoser, David, 1784-1858.
IMRE DAAT RAMBAM / ANALEKTEN AUS DEN SCHRIFTEN DES MAIMONIDES
Later brown boards. 8vo. 80 pages; 21.5 cm. In German and Hebrew. Title translates to Selected Passages from the Writings of Maimonides. The forward is in German and then the rest of the pages of the book are divided with the top half of the page in Hebrew and the bottom half of the page in German. Maimonides was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician
. During his lifetime, most Jews greeted Maimonides writings on Jewish law and ethics with acclaim and gratitude, even as far away as Iraq and Yemen, and although Maimonides rose to become the revered head of the Jewish community in Egypt, there were also vociferous critics of some of his writings, particularly in Spain. Nonetheless, he was posthumously acknowledged as among the foremost rabbinical arbiters and philosophers in Jewish history, and his copious work comprises a cornerstone of Jewish scholarship (Wikipedia 2017) . SUBJECT(S) : Criticism, Interpretation, Maimonides. OCLC lists 9 holdings worldwide. Some edgewear. Slight toning. Minimal staining. Minimal pencil markings that barely affect text. Ex-library markings. Very good condition. (GER-52-7)
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Brann, Markus
GESCHICHTE DES LANDRABBINATS IN SCHLESIEN; NACH GEDRUCKTEN UND UNGEDRUCKTEN QUELLEN
1st Edition. Period Boards. 8vo. 62 pages ; 23 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, History of the Rabbinate in Silesia; From Printed and Unprinted Sources. Markus Brann (1849 1920) was a Jewish historian, bibliographer and rabbi. As a historian he worked mainly on the history of the Jews in Silesia. He was a lecturer at the Jewish-Theological Seminary in Breslau. (Wikipedia, 2017) OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Spine rebacked. Paper toning. Overall good condition. (GER-59-38)
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[Buber, Martin] Nigg, Walter
MARTIN BUBERS WEG IN UNSERER ZEIT
1st Edition. Original Wrappers. 8vo. 30 pages ; 24 cm. In German. Holocaust-era imprint from Switzerland. Title translates as, Martin Bubers Way In Our Time. The first publication from the series: Religise Gegenwartsfragen (Religious Questions) Walter Nigg ( 1903 1988) was a Swiss Reformed theologian
(He) studied philosophy and Protestant theology (in) Göttingen, Leipzig and Zurich
(Wikipedia, 2017) This volume on Buber was published the same year that Nigg became a full professor at the University of Zurich. SUBJECT(S) : Buber, Martin. OCLC lists 26 copies worldwide. Wrappers are taped along edges and have some wear. Slight edge wear in upper right hand corner. Overall in good+ condition. (GER-59-40)
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Holzman, Michael
GESCHICHTE DER JU¨DISCHEN LEHRER-BILDUNGSANSTALT IN BERLIN. FESTSCHRIFT ZUR FEIER DES FÜNFZIGJÄHRIGEN BESTEHENS DER ANSTALT AM 8. NOVEMBER 1909
1st Edition. Original boards. 8vo. [3], 169 pages; 24 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, History Of The Jewish Teacher's Education Institute In Berlin. Jubilee Volume for the Celebration of its 50th Anniversary on November 8th, 1909. Holzman was the director of the Berlin Institute. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Education. Slight toning. Very good condition. (GER-59-42)
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Komitee "jüdisches Kriegsarchiv.
JÜDISCHES ARCHIV: MITTEILUNGEN DES KOMITEES "JÜDISCHES KRIEGSARCHIV 1915-1916 [NRS 1-7, LACKING ONLY THE FINAL ISSUE, NR 8/9]
1st Edition. 8vo. Period Red Boards with Original Wrappers Bound Inside. 4to. [40]+[56]+[51]+[56] pages; 24 cm. In German. Title translates to Jewish Archive: Reports from the Committee on the Jewish War Archives 1915-1918." A compilation of Numbers 1-7, issued as Nrs 1, 2/3, 4/5, & 6/7 (4 issues) of the periodical Jüdisches Archiv. Each issue of the periodical contains lists of fallen and decorated Jewish soldiers and officers in the Austro-Hungarian army. Filled with archival letters, messages, articles, memos, and publications about Jews in WWI from 1915-1918. Includes facsimiles, tables, and black-and-white photographs of the effects of war, such as destroyed Jewish towns and fleeing refugees. SUBJECT (S) : WWI, Jewish veterans, Hungarian Jews, Austrian Jews. OCLC and WorldCat list 3 holdings (Harvard, HUC, Brigham and Young University) . Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Stamp and Usual Markings. Front Wrapper is loose and has some edges torn. A few damp stains throughout. Otherwise Good+ condition. (GER-51-44)
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Aufbau
AUFBAU: NACHRICHTENBLATT DES GERMAN-JEWISH CLUB. VOL4, # 8 (JULY 1, 1938)
Very Good Condition; 4to; 12 pages; 41 cm. In German and English. Front page story is: "Zehn Gebote für Sprachbeflissene, " by Dr. Eugene I. Stern. Very Good Condition (holo2-135-28) xx
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Aufbau
AUFBAU: NACHRICHTENBLATT DES GERMAN-JEWISH CLUB. VOL. 5, # 6. 1 APRIL, 1939
Very Good Condition; 4to; 24 pages; 41 cm. In German and English. Front page story is: "Wann kommt der Weltkrieg? Unentschlossenheit aur der ganzen Linie. " ["When will the world war come?"] Very Good Condition. (holo2-135-29) xx
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Aufbau
AUFBAU: NACHRICHTENBLATT DES GERMAN-JEWISH CLUB. VOL. 5, # 3. 15 FEBRUAR 1939
Very Good Condition; 4to; 16 pages; 41 cm. In German and English. Front page story is: "Der Neue Bund, " by Wilhelm Marcus. Very Good Condition. (holo2-135-30)
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Aufbau
AUFBAU: NACHRICHTENBLATT DES GERMAN-JEWISH CLUB. VOL. 3, # 12 (NOV. 1, 1937)
4to; 16 pages; 41 cm. In German and English. Front page story is: " Der Sinn jüdischer Existenz" by Wilfred Cohn Hulse. Very Good Condition (holo2-125-31)
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(Xt) Winter, Moritz
DIE KOCH- UND TAFELGERATE IN PALASTINA ZUR ZEIT DER MISCHNAH
1st Edition. Later Boards. 8vo. 89 pages ; 22 cm. In German. Title translates into English as, The Cooking and Eating Utensils In Palestine at the Time of Mishnah. Moritz Winters inaugural dissertation from the University of Hiedelberg. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Social life and customs. Ex-library with Jewish Institutional Stamp and Usual Markings. Slight toning. A few markings on title page. Small tear on last page with no text effected. Overall about very good condition. (ger-59-28)
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(Xt) Rund, Moritz
PERLEN JÜDISCHEN HUMORS : EINE SAMMLUNG VON SCHERZEN UND KLEINEN ERZÄHLUNGEN AUS DEM JÜDISCHEN VOLKSLEBEN.
Period boards. 12mo. 118 pages. Frontispiece. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish wit and humor. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Wayne State, New York Public Library, Hebrew Union College, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Jewish Nat & Univ Library) . Ex-library with usual markings and a bookplate from the personal library of Rabbi Max D. Klein. Minor edgewear. Very good condition. (GER-25-18A) xx
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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) Holdheim) Heilpern, Pinhas Menahem.
TESHUVOT BE-ANSHE ON. HOLDHAIM VE-RE`AV BE-MIKHTAVIM SHELOSHAH `ESER.
Frankfurt am Main: No Date (1845) . Cloth, 8vo, 72 pages. 20 cm. In Hebrew. Orthdox booklet attacking Holdheim and the radical Reform. SUBJECT(S) : Reform Judaism -- Controversial literature. OCLC lists 8 institutions with copies (Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, GWU, Florida, Penn, Washington U, NYPL) . Library blind stamp on title page, some wear & staining, Good Condition. (GH-4-6)
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Katsh, Abraham I.
UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF ASHKENAZIC POETS OF THE 13 AND 14 CENTURIES FROM A MANUSCRIPT IN THE GUNZBURG COLLECTION.
8vo. 6 pages (pages 89-94) . "Reprinted from: The Jewish Quarterly Review...Vol. LVIII, No. 2, October 1967." SUBJECT(S) : Poetry; Jews - Europe. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Katsh (1908-1998) was born in Poland and emigrated to the U. S. In 1925. In 1933, he began teaching at New York University, and over the following three decades taught Hebrew education, culture, language and literature there. In 1957 He founded the National Association of Professors of Hebrew in American Universities, and was elected president of Dropsie College in 1967, where he served until 1976. His scholarship won him many awards and fellowships, including the Jewish Teachers Association of New York's Avodah Award, the Rabbi Kaniel Prize of the Municipality of Haifa, and the first Charles Kramer Research Fellow of the Institute for Jewish Policy Planning and Research of the Synagogue Council of America. Katsh is well known for his studies of Hebrew manuscripts and fragments from Russia and Eastern Europe, his translations, and his essays on Jewish studies in the United States. (EJ) Very good condition. (Katsh-2-7) xxx
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Kobak, Yosef Yitshak, editor.
JESCHURUN. ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR DIE WISSENSCHAFT DES JUDENTHUMS HEFT III, 1857, HEBRÄISCHE ABTEILUNG (ONLY)
Lviv : M.F. Poremba, 1878-1856.Cloth, 8vo, 140 + 15 pages.Important 19th Century bilingual Hebrew & German journal which survived 9 volumes, 1856-1878. SUBJECT(S): Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals. Jews -- History -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 8 holdings worldwide. Bound in period cloth. Light wear, Good solid condition. (GER-16-59dw)
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Kisch, Guido. Foreword by Jan Masaryk.
IN SEARCH OF FREEDOM; A HISTORY OF AMERICAN JEWS FROM CZECHSLOVAKIA.
8vo; xvi, 373 pages; 22 cm. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Bibliography: 333-365. Light wear and tanning to spine. Binding tight and pages clean. okay jacket. Very good condition. (COMHIST-17-7)
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Vienna) Grunwald, Max
VIENNA [HISTORY OF JEWS IN VIENNA]
Original blue cloth, 12mo; 557 pages. As Hitler's power in Germany grew, it was important for Jews in Europe and America to assert the proud history of Jewish communities throughout Europe, but especially in the German-speaking lands. Part of the Jewish Communities Series. A very nice copy with bright gilt on spine. Very Good Condition (Comhist1-6) xx
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Adler-Rudel, S.
OSTJUDEN IN DEUTSCHLAND 1880-1940
170 pages. 'Mit einem Vorwort von Siegfried Moses. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Germany -- Political and social conditions. Refugees, Jewish. Joden. Oost-Europeanen. Good Condition (Comhist2-3)
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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. Very good condition. (Comhist2-7)
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BASLE) ZUM ZENTENARIUM DER BASLER SYNAGOGE: 1868-1968. EINE FESTSCHRIFT
8vo; 73 pages; Secitons include: Juedische Persoenlichkeiten in basel (by Guido Kisch) , Zur Architektur der Synagoge (by Jonas Hechel) , Die juedische Bevoelkerung in den letzten 100 Jahren (by Joel Guttmann) , Zur Historiographie der Juden in Basel (by Kisch) , etc. Very good condition(Comhist2-8)
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Kisch, Guido. Foreword by Jan Masaryk.
In Search of Freedom; a History of American Jews from Czechslovakia.
8vo; xvi, 373 pages; 22 cm. Bibliography: 333-365. Ex library copy. Very good condition (Comhist1-3)
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Grayzel, Solomon
THE CHURCH AND THE JEWS IN THE XIIITH CENTURY: A STUDY OF THEIR RELATIONS DURING THE YEARS 1198-1254, BASED ON THE PAPAL LETTERS AND THE CONCILIAR DECREES OF THE PERIOD.
8vo; 377 pages; Includes 6-page bibliography & 13-page index. Includes a fair amount on England, also on elsewhere in Europe. Ex library copy, front cover repaired. Good condition. (Comhist1-9)
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Wischnitzer, Rachel
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE EUROPEAN SYNAGOGUE
Oblong 8vo; xxxii, 312 pages; Serious, well illustrated study with extensive index, end notes, bibliography, and glossary. Very good condition (Comhist2-6) xx
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BASLE) ZUM ZENTENARIUM DER BASLER SYNAGOGE: 1868-1968. EINE FESTSCHRIFT
8vo; 73 pages; Secitons include: Juedische Persoenlichkeiten in basel (by Guido Kisch) , Zur Architektur der Synagoge (by Jonas Hechel) , Die juedische Bevoelkerung in den letzten 100 Jahren (by Joel Guttmann) , Zur Historiographie der Juden in Basel (by Kisch) , etc. Very good condition(Comhist2-8)
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Jellinek, Adolph
AUS DER WIENER ISRAELITISCHEN CULTUSGEMEINDE 5624: SIEBEN ZEIT-PREDIGTEN
Wien : Hertzfeld & Bauer,1864Original Paper Wrappers, 90 pages.19 cm. In German. SUBJECT(S): Jewish sermons, German. Jewish sermons -- Austria -- Vienna. OCLC lists 5 holdings worldwide (OSU, U of Amsterdam, Bayerische Staatsbib., Penn, HUC). Light wear to covers, Good+ Condition. (ger-15-63)
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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, Very good condition. (GER-20-14A)
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(Jt) Weisl, Wolfgang.
DER KAMPF UM DAS HEILIGE LAND: PALÄSTINA VON HEUTE.
8vo. 312 pages. Illustrated. In German. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Palestine history -- 1917-1948. Tanned, good condition. (GER-27-1)
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(Jt) Ehrlich, Arnold B.
MIKRA KI-FESHUTO ; VE-HU, MIKRA MEFORASH ... VOL 2, DIVRE SOFRIM. (ONLY, OF 3 VOLS)
(FT) Large 8vo. Xi, 470 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two (of three) only. SUBJECT(S) : Bible. O. T. -- commentaries. 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) Bookplate, front hinge repaired, good condition. (GER-27-2)
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(Jt) Holscher, Gustav.
DER SADDUZÄISMUS: EINE KRITISCHE UNTERSUCHUNG ZUR SPÄTEREN JÜDISCHEN RELIGIONSGESCHICHTE.
8vo. 116 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Sadducees. Ex library. Boards worn, backstrip missing, pages wrinkled from moisture, good- condition. (GER-27-3)
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(Jt) Muller, Samuel.
JÜDISCHE GESCHICHTE: VON DER ZERSTÖRUNG DES II. TEMPELS BIS ZUR GEGENWART IN CHARAKTERBILDERN DARGESTELLT.
12mo. 333 pages. Illustrated. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Jews biography; Jews history. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Marbled edges. Bookplate, tape mark on spine, very good condition. (GER-27-4)
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(Jt) Rosenberg, M. ; Kaufmann Kolher.
DAS TARGUM ZUR CHRONIK.
8vo. 50 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Targum. Chronicles criticism, interpretation, etc. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (JTSA, Leiden Univ, Cambridge Univ) . Kohler (1843-1926) was born in Bavaria and received his doctorate in 1867. "His university studies had shattered Kohler's Orthodoxy and his doctoral thesis, Der Segen Jacobs, took such a radical viewpoint that no rabbinic position was open to him. " In 1869, at the suggestion of Abraham Geiger, Kohler moved to the United States, leading congregations first in Detroit, Chicago and New York. An anti-Zionist, active member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and president of Hebrew Union College, he was a Reform leader. "[In 1885, ] replying to attacks by Alexander Kohut, he published a series of sermons entitled Backward or Forward (1885) . The outcome was his convening of the Pittsburg Conference of Reform rabbis and its adoption of a radical program on the basis of Kohler's draft. In 1903 Kohler was appointed president of Hebrew Union College and set about immediately to improve the curriculum and to bring fresh talent to the faculty. Upon his retirement, Kohler received the title of president emeritus. " (Temkin, EJ) Ex library. Pages tanned, title page missing, moisture stain in margin throughout, good condition. (GER-27-8)
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(Jt) Katzinhage, Menachem Mendel.
PARPERAOT: LIKUTE HIDUSHE TORAH VE-DIVRE TSAHOT.
(FT) 8vo. 16 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Quotations, Hebrew; Hasidism. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (JTSA) . Tape on spine, pages tanned, very good condition. Scarce pamphlet. (GER-27-11)
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(Jt) Shechita) Weichmann, Friedrich.
DAS SCHÄCHTEN: (DAS RITUELLE SCHLACHTEN BEI DEN JUDEN) .
8vo. 48 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Slaughtering and slaughter-houses, Jewish. SERIES: Schriften des Institutum Judaicum in Berlin ; ; Nr. 25; Variation: Institutum Judaicum, Berlin. ; Schriften ; ; Nr. 25. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Ex library. Covers slightly soiled and bowed, good condition. (GER-27-12)
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(Jt) Weiss, Isaac Hirsch
DOR DOR YE-DORSHAV. VOLUMES 4 & 5 (ONLY) .
(FT) 8vo. 367, 303 pages. In Hebrew. Volumes four and five only. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish law; Jews legal status, laws, etc . Weiss was born in Moravia in 1815, and began studying at a yeshiva at the age of eight. He had great interest in both religious and secular studies, and repeatedly changed schools in search of one that could sate all his intellectual interests. Dor Dor ye-Dorshav, a five volume work, is a history of Jewish oral law from Biblical times to the fifteenth century, when the Jews were expelled from Spain. While most Talmud scholars immediately adopted the work as their standard history, there was some malcontents, in particular Isaac Halevy and Eleazer Zarkes. Weiss died in Vienna, at the age of ninety. (Singer & Seligsohn, JE) Simon Greenberg's bookplates. Pages tanned, very good condition. (GER-27-14)
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(Jt) Ahikar; A. Yellin.
SEFER AHIKAR HE-HAKHAM.
(FT) 12mo. 61 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Legends, Jewish. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. An historical and legendary figure, Ahikar supposedly was the author of several proverbs. The Book of Tobit tells of him as a relative of Tobit, and lord chancellor of the Assyrian Empire under Sennacherib. He is also mentioned several times in Greek literature, mostly as a Babylonian. (Ginzberg, JE) Front cover missing, pages tanned, good condition. (GER-27-15)
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(Jt) Eybeschuetz, Jonathan; Hayyim Ben Zebulin Jacob Perlmutter; Dan Krauss.
SHIRE MITSVOT: KOLEL 613 MITSVOT `AL DEREKH HA-SHIR...
(FT) 8vo. 129 pages. In Hebrew. Facsimile edition. Title in English on facing page: Songs of the 613 commandments, by Jonathan Eibeschutz ... A song of life ... By Hayyim ben Zebulun. SUBJECT(S) : Commandments, Six hundred and thirteen. Eybeschuetz (1690 or 95-1764) was one of the foremost Talmud scholars in Prague. He moved there in 1715, and preached and ran a yeshivah. He engaged other religious scholars, both Jewish and not, in endless debates and intellectual contests, and was on friendly terms with the Cardinal. Welllike by the Jews of Prague, Eybeschuetz was a dayyan in that city, and was rabbi first of Metz and then of the Three Communities (Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbek) . His tenure as a leader was not without trouble; the Shabbateans caused him no end of difficulty. Even after appeals to the king and a re-election as rabbi, Eybeschuetz could not quell his attackers, and eventually his yeshivah was closed. Despite all this, he wrote prolifically, and even today his works, with their clear and concise logic, are considered an important part of Talmudic scholarship. (Scholem, EJ) Very good condition. (GER-27-16)
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(Jt) Kohn, S.
EIN SPIEGEL DER GEGENWART: EIN ROMAN. DRITTER BAND (ONLY)
16mo. 206 pages. In German. Volume three (of three) only. SUBJECT(S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Brandeis, JTSA, Hebrew Union College) . Kohn (1825-1904) was a German-language novelist. Despite their illogical plots, his books were avidly read, frequently reprinted, and translated into many languages. As he signed his books S. K. Only, he later had difficulty in establishing his copyright. His first short story Kaddisch vor Kol Nidre was published in Wolf Pascheles' Sippurim in 1847. His most famous work was the novel Gabriel, set in the period of the Thirty-Years' War. His Prager Ghettobilder and Neue Ghettobilder are valuable documents on Jewish life in 18th- and 19th-century Prague. A strictly observant Jew, he was a member of the board of the Prague community for 40 years. (EJ) Pages tanned, boards worn, tears on spine, some water stains, good- condition. (GER-27-17)
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(Jt) Strack, Hermann Leberecht.
EINLEITUNG IN TALMUD UND MIDRAS.
8vo. Xii, 233 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Midrash; Talmud. Strack (18481922) was a German orientalist and theologian. He was born in Berlin, where he became professor of oriental languages and director-founder of the university's Institutum Judaicum. He was recognized as a leading non-Jewish scholar in the field of Bible and Talmud, Hebrew and Aramaic linguistics, Masorah, etc. Serving as an expert in German courts on a number of cases with anti-Semitic overtones, Strack took a firm line in defense of Judaism, and at the same time was active in the Protestant missionary movement. (EJ) Bookplate, inch long section missing at bottom of backstrip, good condition. (GER-27-22)
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(Jt) Holdheim, Samuel.
MA'AMAR HA-ISHUT: 'AL TEKHUNAT HA-RABANIM VEHA-KARA'IM; KOLEL HAKIROT SHONOT BE-MAHLOKOT HA-TSEDUKIM VEHA-PERUSHIM, HA-KARA'IM VEHA-RABANIM, 'AL ZEMANAM VE-SIBOT TOLDOTAM.
(FT) 8vo. 173 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Marriage (Jewish law) ; Divorce (Jewish law) ; Karaites. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. Holdheim (1806-1860) was a German Reform leader. He preached in German, established modern schools, and held services on Sundays. His general idea was to separate Jews' religious imperative from their civic duties owed to the countries they lived in. In Ma'amar ha-Ishut al Tekhunat ha-Rabbanim ve-ha-Kara'im (1861) , a historical work written in Hebrew and published posthumously. Holdheim attempts, inter alia, to refute Geiger's opinion on the nature of the controversy between the Pharisees and the Sadducees and defends the traditional thesis that the principle in dispute was whether interpretation of the Scripture should be based on the primary meaning (Sadducees) as opposed to midrashic exegesis (Pharisees) . (Levinger, EJ) Ex library. Pages tanned and water stained, minor wear on boards, good condition. (GER-27-23)
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(Jt) Erbt, Wilhelm.
DIE HEBRÄER: KANAAN IM ZEITALTER DER HEBRÄISCHEN WANDERUNG UND HEBRÄISCHER STAATENGRÜNDUNGEN.
8vo. Iv, 235 pages. In German. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews history to B. C. E. 586. Marbled edges. Bookplate, very good condition. (GER-27-25)
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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) 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) Jechiel Ben Samuel, Aus Pisa; David Kaufmann.
SEFER MINHAT KENAOT.
(FT) 8vo. Xvii, 118 pages. In Hebrew. Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi (Ha-Penini; probably born in the 1280s and died about 1340), was a "poet and philosopher. Possibly a native of Béziers, Jedaiah is known to have spent time in Perpignan and Montpellier. Little is known of his personal history. He may have been a physician. Jedaiah's intellectual interests were literary and philosophic, although the two spheres were not clearly separated. In his youth, he composed a poetic prayer of 1,000 words titled " Bakkashat ha-Memim," every word of which begins with the letter mem (in Olelot ha-Bohen, 1808). He is also credited with a similar composition, every word of which begins with alef, but many believe that this latter poem was written by Jedaiah's father. In popular style he composed Ohev Nashim ('In Defense of Women,' ed. by A. Neubauer in Jubelschrift
L. Zunz (1884), pt. 1, 13840; pt. 2, 119). His best-known literary work is Sefer Behinat Olam ('The Book of the Examination of the World'), a lyrical, ethical monograph on the theme of the futility and vanity of this world, and the inestimably greater benefits of intellectual and religious pursuits. Behinat Olam, written in florid prose and rich in imagery, combines philosophic doctrine and religious fervor with a good measure of asceticism and pessimism" (Ruth Glasner in EJ, 2007). SUBJECT(S) : Philosophy and religion; Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi, ca. 1270-ca. 1340. SERIES: Sefarim ha-yotsim la-or ba-pa`am ha-rishonah `al yede Hevrat Mekitse nirdamim, ; shenat 14. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Good condition. (GER-28-1)
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(Jt) Halkin, Simon.
YEHIEL HA-HAGARI: ROMAN.
8vo. 211 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Fiction. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Halkin (1898-1987) was born in Russia; he and moved to the United States in 1914, where he taught at Hebrew Union College, and then to Israel in 1932. Only seven years later, he returned to the U. S. , and in 1949 became a professor at the Hebrew University. Aside from teaching, he wrote both poetry and prose, featuring motifs of dichotomies between the secular and the religious, and between the will to live and the desire to die. He also wrote literary criticism, and translated the work of others, such as Walt Whitman and Shakespeare, into Hebrew. (EJ, Silberschlag) Covers tanned, tear on back, good condition. (GER-28-4)
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(Jt) Samaritan) Marqah; Hermann Baneth.
DES SAMARITANERS MARQAH: AN DIE 22 BUCHSTABEN, DEN GRUNDSTOCK DER HEBRÄISCHEN SPRACHE ANKNÜPFENDE ABHANDLUNG.
(FT) 8vo. 56 pages. In German. SUBJECT(S) : Samaritans doctrines; Samaritan religious poetry, Hebrew. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Univ of CA-Berkeley, Center for Research Libraries, UPenn, New York Public Library) . Ex library, good condition. (GER-28-7)
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(Jt) Ashkenazi, Eli'ezer.
TA`AM ZEKENIM: KOVETS HIBURIM U-KETUVIM VE-SHIRIM BE-`INYENE HA-HOKHMAH VEHA-EMUNAH VEHA-MADA`.
(FT) 8vo. Xii pages, 78 leaves. In Hebrew. Includes subscribers list. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew literature; Geonic literature. Most of leather worn from spine, repair to spine, pages a little spotty, good condition. (GER-28-8)
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(Jt) Oyerbach, Mosheh.
WÖRTERBUCH ZUR MECHILTA DES R. ISMAEL (BUCHSTABE) NEBST EINLEITUNG.
8vo. 114 pages. In German. This is the scarce Itzkowski imprint, not the more common one from Nathansen & Lamm. SUBJECT (S) : Ishmael ben Elisha, 2nd cent. -- language glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael commentaries. OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Univ. Of Texas-Austin) . Bookplate, minor edgewear, good condition. (GER-28-13)
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(Jt) Moses, Joseph Ben; Israel Ben Pethahiah Isserlein; Jacob Freimanm.
SEFER LEKET YOSHER: KOLEL MINHAGIM, PISKE HALAKHOT U-TESHUVOT SHEL RABO HA-GAON BA`AL TERUMAT HA-DESHEN. VOLUME 1 (ONLY, OF 2)
4to. 122 pages. In Hebrew. Volume one (of two) only. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish law; Responsa 1040-1600. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Univ of Denver, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Neidersacgsische Staats-und Univ) . Leather worn, tape with title on spine, good condition. (GER-28-14)
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(Jt) Jolles, Jacob Zevi Ben Naphtali.
SEFER MELO HA-RO`IM: KOLEL ASEFAT DE`OT KOL HA-TANAIM VE-AMORAIM ASHER HEMAH MEHULAKIM BE-KHOL HA-DINIM SHEBA-TALMUD ...: VE-`OD LO HELEK SHENI MEDABER BE-MIDOT U-KHELALIM SHEHA-TORAH NIDRESHET BA-HEM ; SHONEH HALAKHOT.
(FT) 8vo. 228, 51 leaves. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Talmud dictionaries Hebrew; Talmud Hermeneutics. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Yale, Princeton, New York Public Library, Yeshiva Univ) . Jolles (c. 1778-1825) was a Galician talmudic scholar and kabbalist. Born in Przemysl, he served as rabbi in Glogow and Dinow. He leaned toward Hasidism, and was among the disciples of Jacob Isaac ha-Hozeh of Lublin. His most famous work was Melo ha-Ro'im (Zolkiew, 1838) , an encyclopedic work on the rules and principles of rabbinic law which made a great impression and was reprinted several times. His other published works are Hinnukh Beit Yehudah, a homiletic work in philosophic style; Kehillat Ya'akov, an encyclopedic treatment of kabbalistic topics; Emet le-Ya'akov, a homiletic work in hasidic style; Beit Va'ad le-Hakhamim, a directory of talmudic sages; Parashat Derakhim Zuta, homiletic discourses; Zikhron Ya'akov vi-Yhudah also consisting of homiletic discourses; and Yashresh Ya'akov, on Kabbalah. His notes and novellae on the Talmud are printed in the Vilna edition. Jolles composed many other books (27 are referred to in his foreword to Melo ha-Ro'im) , but most of them have disappeared. (EJ, 2007) Covers worn around the edges, front joint cracked, pages tanned and water stained, good condition. (GER-28-17)
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(Jt) Kautzsch, E.
MITTEILUNG ÜBER EINE ALTE HANDSCHRIFT DES TARGUM ONKELOS (CODEX SOCINI NO. 84) .
4to. 21 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Manuscripts, Hebrew; Bible. O. T. Pentateuch. Aramaic. Onkelos. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Kautzsch (1841-1910) was a German Protestant Bible critic and Semitist who as editor of a number of works on Bible and Semitic philology helped educate a generation of German theologians and biblicists. Born in Plauen, Saxony, he taught in Leipzig, Basle, Tuebingen, and Halle. Kautsch visited Ottoman Palestine in 1876 and 1904, which led him in 1877 to participate in founding the Deutscher Palästina Verein. From 1888 he was one of the editors of the influential Theologische Studien und Kritiken. In the area of Bible studies Kautzsch published a translation and commentary on the Book of Psalms and a dissertation on biblical poetry. In collaboration with other scholars he wrote about the sources of Genesis, the books of the Bible, and Proverbs in the Polychrome Bible. He helped edit Die Apokryphen und Pseudepigraphen des Alten Testaments
and Textbibel des Alten und Neuen Testaments. On the subject of Hebrew and Aramaic philology he edited the second to eighth editions of H. Scholz' Abriss der hebraeischen Laut-und Formenlehre, and the 22nd to 28th editions of Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, and a valuable grammar of biblical Aramaic in 1902, based on a similar work of 1888. Kautzsch's literary activity also includes a study on the apostle Paul, a history of the Moabites, and the editorship of the tenth and 11th editions of K. R. Hagenbach's Encyklopädie und Methodologie. Kautzsch was an involved church member who attempted to bring the results of biblical scholarship to the wider German Protestant community. (EJ, 2007) Several pages torn, fair condition. (GER-28-20)
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