Mann Thomas

1934 · ref. 18447 — Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Placement Bereau 1934. Softcover. g. 8vo. 81pp. 14pp. Green wrappers. Original publisher's staple binding. The author Jacob Mann avoided the pitfalls of narrow specialization and provided the outlines of a synthesis of the life of the Jewish communities in the Near and Middle East. He came to England in 1908 and then to the United States in 1920. First teaching at the Baltimore Hebrew College and later until the end of his life at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. From Cincinnati Jacob Mann dominated the field and provided the solid bricks needed for future work. As he himself put it: "The more the material stored up in manuscripts is made accessible in a scientific manner the better will the history of the Jewish life and activities in the course of the past ages be reconstructed anew." Some regular age wear to books ex library copy as indicated by stamp books are in good condition. Author also wrote: "The Jews in Egypt and Palestine under the Fatimid Caliphs: a contribution to their political and communal history based chiefly on Genizah material hitherto unpublished" "Asenath's Petition" on the Jews of Kurdistan and "The Bible as Read and Preached in the Old Synagogue Hebrew Union College Placement Bereau unknown