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An Introduction to the German Reform (from the Encyclopedia Judaica)

The first reformers were laymen, working without rabbinic leadership. Their primary concerns were the large-scale defections from Judaism in the age of Emancipation and the absence of Western standards of aesthetics and decorum in the traditional manner of Jewish worship. They set about reforming the service by abbreviating the liturgy, introducing the sermon in the vernacular, choral singing with organ accompaniment, and supplementing the standard Hebrew prayers with prayers in the vernacular. Of such a nature was the service conducted by Israel Jacobson in his school chapel in Seesen in 1810, and in his private home in Berlin from 1815 on. 

This style of worship was also adopted by the Hamburg Temple, which was opened in 1818, and was the first regular synagogue established on a Reform basis. Jacobson and his followers had no intention of breaking with tradition. On the contrary, they made every effort to demonstrate, by an appeal to the Talmud and the codes, that their reforms were compatible with traditional Jewish law, but their invocation of rabbinic sources failed to convince the traditionalists. Although the reformers desired neither a break with tradition nor the formation of a new Jewish sect, it is evident—and this is particularly true of the Hamburg Temple and its prayer book (published in 1819)—that the aesthetic improvement of worship was not the sole motivation. Already in the first stage of Reform Judaism some dogmatic considerations came to the fore. The German reformers no longer shared the traditional longing for a return to Zion and the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem and its sacrificial cult. Minor changes in the wording of the liturgy were made to reflect this changed attitude.
Ideological Developments

Although the first steps in the reform of Judaism were taken by laymen, over the next 30 years some outstanding rabbis and scholars rallied to the cause. A new generation of rabbis, with a university education in addition to traditional training, showed themselves sympathetic to the cause of Reform Judaism. Two events brought them to the fore. One was the second edition of the Hamburg Temple prayer book (1841) and the literary warfare to which it gave rise. The other was the invitation extended to Abraham Geiger in 1839 to assume the rabbinate of the Breslau community. This call was opposed by the Orthodox who were already familiar with Geiger's critical and scientific approach to the sources of Judaism. A two-volume work, Responsa on the Compatibility of Free Investigation with the Exercise of Rabbinical Functions (1842–43), provided the platform for the rabbinical friends of progress. Not all, however, ultimately espoused the cause of Reform.

In 1844, 1845, and 1846, rabbinical conferences were held in Brunswick, Frankfort, and Breslau to bring the modernist rabbis together. Since there was no unanimity among the participating rabbis, a discussion of theory was carefully avoided. The conferences were devoted to matters of practice. They provided justifications from traditional sources for liturgical reforms, particularly connected with the use of the vernacular in worship and with organ accompaniment of the service. They also sought to lighten some of the traditional severity of Sabbath observance and laws of marriage and divorce. When Zacharias Frankel left the 1845 conference in protest against a decision adverse to Hebrew, the specific Reform character of those gatherings became clearly evident. Nevertheless, the participating rabbis endeavored to remain within the mainstream of Judaism, refusing to regard Reform as a sect. They remained cool toward the Berlin Reformgemeinde, established on a radical basis in 1845. They also rejected the short-lived Frankfort "Society of the Friends of Reform" (1842), which believed in "unlimited development" and discouraged circumcision.

Although their attitude toward the Talmud and codes was often ambivalent, the German Reform rabbis continued to justify their reforms with references to rabbinic sources. They thus differed significantly from other contemporary manifestations of Reform Judaism, such as the quasi-Karaite position adopted in 1840 by the West London Synagogue of British Jews, which accepted the Bible as the word of God, but rejected the Talmud as a merely human document. It may be noted, however, that British Reform Judaism later adopted a more positive approach to tradition, and developed along rather conservative lines. Therefore, in 1901 a new movement appeared under the name of "Liberal Judaism" espousing a far more radical position, both in theology and in practice. In America, too, Reform Judaism passed through a stage in which the Bible was accepted and the Talmud rejected. This position yielded to the acceptance of the higher criticism of the Bible and to the belief in "Progressive Revelation."

With the exception of the Hamburg Temple and the Berlin Reformgemeinde, German Reform Judaism also differed from attempts in England, the United States, Hungary, and France. In these countries, Reform mostly took place outside of the Orthodox congregations, whereas in Germany the reform was "from within," manifesting itself within old-established communities. There was no continuation of the German rabbinical conferences of the 1840s, and even the "Israelite Synods," in 1869 and 1871, composed of rabbis and laymen, were sparsely attended. Yet the major Jewish communities of Germany, Berlin, Frankfort, Breslau, Munich, etc., adopted reformed liturgies, and organ accompaniment was widespread in German congregations. In contrast to U.S. Reform Judaism, German Reform Judaism always retained a pronounced traditionalist aspect, calling itself "Liberal" rather than "Reform." In Germany, the latter term was restricted to the extremist Berlin Reformgemeinde, the only congregation in Germany with an all-vernacular service, bareheaded worship, and the Sunday Sabbath.

THE THEORIES OF GEIGER

The participation of rabbis in the Reform movement from the 1840s on led to the crystallization of two different theoretical positions associated with the names of Abraham Geiger and Samuel Holdheim respectively. On the basis of his scientific research, Geiger had reached the conclusion that Judaism is a constantly evolving organism. Biblical Judaism was not identical with classical rabbinic Judaism. Similarly, the modern age calls for further evolution in consonance with the changed circumstances. The role played by tradition enabled Judaism to adapt itself constantly. Geiger, for whom tradition and change were synonymous, valued tradition highly, and saw in it the inherent justification of Reform. The modern rabbis are entitled to adapt medieval Judaism, as the early rabbis had the right to adapt biblical Judaism. 

Geiger was also one of the very few Jews of his day who studied the Bible from a critical point of view. He found traces of evolution within the Bible itself. Yet, for Geiger, change in Judaism had always been organic, never revolutionary. The modern changes must develop out of the past, and not represent a revolutionary break with it. Since Judaism as a whole is involved in the process of change, Reform Judaism must not give itself a sectarian appearance. Thus, while radical in his views, Geiger remained basically traditional in liturgy and in practice. For him, monotheism and the moral law are the constant elements of Judaism. Ceremonies have the function of expressing those ideas. Yet they are of value only as long as they fulfill that function. They are, therefore, Judaism's changing element. The nature of the Jewish people, too, is subject to change. Though once a nation, it was one no longer. The messianic hope is to be interpreted in universal terms rather than in terms of national restoration. 

Geiger's theory became basic to all future formulations of Reform doctrine, particularly of that aspect known as "Progressive Revelation." In the light of that doctrine, Reform Judaism was later able to affirm God's participation in the formation of the Talmud, and, accepting the findings of biblical criticism, it was willing to admit human participation in the production of the Bible.

THE THEORIES OF HOLDHEIM

In his recognition of the need for Reform, Holdheim was in agreement with Geiger; but he differed from him both in the theoretical justification and in the practical steps to be taken. For Holdheim, Reform is revolutionary, not evolutionary. The Bible, revealed by God, has a twofold content: the eternally valid religious elements and the temporally bound components of the constitution of the ancient Hebrew commonwealth. The latter came to an end when the Temple and the State were destroyed in 70 C.E. Thereafter, only the religious elements (monotheism and morality) had validity. 

Everything connected with the Temple and State is to be considered abolished. Holdheim put practically the whole "ceremonial law" into this category. He criticized rabbinic Judaism for operating on the assumption that the old "constitution" is still valid and ascribed, at best, a relative validity to rabbinic Judaism, stating "In the talmudic age, the Talmud was right. In my age, I am right." According to one opinion in the Talmud, "ceremonial law" will be abolished in the messianic age. Holdheim saw in the Emancipation of the Jews the dawn of the messianic era of universal brotherhood, calling for the abolition of ceremonial barriers to that brotherhood.

CATALOG CONTENTS:

BIBLIOGRAPHY 1

GERMAN REFORM 5

GERMAN ORTHODOXY 17

RABBINICS & JEWISH THOUGHT 20

TANAKH/HEBREW BIBLE 57

SECOND TEMPLE 71

MEDIEVAL 79

MYSTICISM 95

COMMUNITY HISTORIES 98

FESTSCHRIFTEN & JUBILEE BOOKS 109

JEWISH ART & MUSIC 116

KARAISM 120

SERMONS 122

LITURGY 135

LINGUISTICS 140

YIDDISH (ABOUT) 145A

ZIONISM 148

ANTISEMITISM & THE JEWISH QUESTION 151

HOLOCAUST 154

OTHER GERMAN JUDAICA 157

BOOKS IN HEBREW & JUDEO-GERMAN FROM GERMAN-SPEAKING LANDS 199A

SERIALS / PERIODICALS 206

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. • Bisliches, Mordecai Leib. CATALOG WERTHVOLLER HEBRÄISCHER HANDSCHRIFTEN. Berlin: Druck von Kornegg's Buchdruckerei, 1850. Wrappers; 16mo. vi, 55 pages. In Hebrew. Title page in Hebrew on verso. Text on title page: "Von Dr. L. Zunz, mit Anmerkungen, enthaltend einige Untersuchungen über einzelne in den Handschriften erwähnte Autoren, und Auszüge aus denselben, von Senior Sachs. " Bisliches was editor of some valuable Hebrew works of medieval authors, and a collector of Hebrew manuscripts. This work, in Hebrew the "Ha-Palit, " is a catalogue of eighty valuable Hebrew manuscripts in the possession of Bisliches, described by Leopold Zunz, with additional remarks by Senior Sachs. (JE) Zunz was the founder of the Wissenschaft des Judenthums (Science of Judaism) . OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Yale) . Ex-library with minimal markings. Water damaged; no outer wrappers. Hebrew title page detached, but present. Torn and chipped, with loss of a few letters of text. Rest of text in good condition. (GR-07-6) (ID #15952) $100.00.

2. • Institut Zur Förderung Der Israelitischen Literatur. BIBLIOTHEK DER GRIECHISCHEN UND RÖMISCHEN SCHRIFTSTELLER ÜBER JUDENTHUM UND JUDEN. ERSTER BAND. 1865. Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1865. Quarter leather; 8vo. 144 pages. Embossed spine with gilt titles; spattered edges. In German. Fourth volume. Series: Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur Schriften, 10. Jahr 1864-1865. This series ran from 1865-72. Contents: volume 1: Das leben Mosis von Philo dem Alexandriner. SUBJECT (S): Greek literature -- Jewish authors. Latin literature -- Jewish authors. Jewish literature (Latin) . OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Usual edgewear and age staining. Very good condition. (GR-3-8) (ID #15999) $75.00.

3. • Institut Zur Förderung Der Israelitischen Literatur. BIBLIOTHEK DER GRIECHISCHEN UND RÖMISCHEN SCHRIFTSTELLER ÜBER JUDENTHUM UND JUDEN. ERSTER BAND. Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1865. Half leather; 8vo. 144 pages. Embossed spine with gilt titles; spattered edges. In German. Fourth volume. Series: Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur Schriften, 10. Jahr 1864-1865. This series ran from 1865-72. Contents: volume 1: Das leben Mosis von Philo dem Alexandriner. SUBJECT (S): Greek literature -- Jewish authors. Latin literature -- Jewish authors. Jewish literature (Latin) . OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Usual edgewear and age staining. Backstrip chipping. Series title page detached. Text in very good condition. (GR-3-7) (ID #15998) $75.00.

4. • Karpeles, Gustav. GESCHICHTE DER JÜDISCHEN LITERATUR. COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES. Berlin: Robert Oppenheim, 1886. 1st edition. Half leather; 8vo. Vi, 1172 pages. Marbled edges and endpapers; raised bands; gilt lettering. In German. Series: Geschichte der literatur der europäischen völker. 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. Volume I has label of S. J. Strauss on inside front cover. Strauss was a Pennsylvania judge. First volume lacks backstrip; second lacks outer cover. Interior of both volumes in very good condition. (GR-6-21) (ID #15936) $100.00.


GERMAN REFORM

5. • Geiger, Abraham. edited by Ludwig Geiger. NACHGELASSENE SCHRIFTEN. VOLS 1 & 2 ONLY [OF 5]. Berlin: Louis Gerschel, 1875. Cloth; 8vo. Viii, 504, viii, 369 pages. Volumes one and two bound together. Marbled edges. 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. Binding shaken; backstrip coming loose. Usual age staining. Ex-library with minimal markings. Stamped on title page "Dr. N. Schorsch. " Good condition. (GR-2-13) (ID #15991) $75.00.

6. • Holdheim, Samuel. GESCHICHTE DER ENTSTEHUNG UND ENTWICKELUNG DER JÜDISCHEN REFORMGEMEINDE IN BERLIN. IM ZUSAMMENHANG MIT DEN JÜDISCHREFORMATORISCHEN GESAMMTBESTREBUNGEN DER NEUZEIT. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1857. Cloth; 8vo. Gilt titles. Vii, 254 pages. First edition. In German. Annotated. Includes erratum. Holdheim (1806-1860) was the "leader of Reform Judaism in Germany. Born in Kempno near Poznan, Holdheim received a talmudic education, but began to study German and secular subjects after marrying a woman with a modern education, daughter of a Poznan rabbi. The marriage was unsuccessful and after his divorce he moved to Prague where he began to study philosophy at the university. In 1836 Holdheim was appointed rabbi in Frankfort on the Oder. He preached in German, and in his sermons advocated educational reform which would adjust the younger generation to innovations in tradition. In 1840 he was appointed rabbi of the province of Mecklenburg-Schwerin where he began to introduce slight reforms in the service, such as reading the Torah without cantillation. He was also instrumental in founding a modern religious school in 1841. In 1843 he published Ueber die Autonomie der Rabbinen und das Prinzip der juedischen Ehe in which he expressed the principles of his reform ideology. At the rabbinical conferences (synods) in Brunswick (1844) , Frankfort on the Main (1845) , and Breslau (1846) , Holdheim emerged as a representative of the extremist trend in the Reform movement. In 1847 he was asked to serve as rabbi of the new Reform congregation founded in Berlin where he officiated until his death. In Berlin he introduced radical reforms in the ritual. Services were conducted on both Saturdays and Sundays and after a while on Sundays only. After his death, his opponents, headed by M. J. Sachs, unsuccessfully contested his burial in the part of the cemetery reserved for rabbis. His eulogy was delivered by Abraham Geiger. Holdheim's principal thesis was the separation of the religious and ethical content of Judaism (which should be binding) from the political-national content (which should not be binding) , since Jews are citizens of the countries in which they are living. The Sabbath, for instance, is included in the religious category, while the prohibition on mixed marriages is of a political-national nature, and hence no longer binding. However, Holdheim fails to make a clear distinction between the two areas in his writings; in any case he was also ready to compromise in the religious sphere if the need arose in the country in which the Jews were to be integrated. Holdheim argued that just as during the period of the Temple the performance of sacrifice in the Temple took precedence over observance of the Sabbath, so in modern times the civic duties of clerks, teachers, physicians, and lawyers also take precedence. He publicly defended the right of uncircumcised children to be considered as proper Jews (Uber die Beschneidung, 1844) . 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) . " (Jacob S. Levinger, EJ) SUBJECT(S): Berlin (Germany) . Jüdische Reformgemeinde. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Ex-library with minimal markings. Edgeworn; boards scuffed. Lightly age stained. Few margin marks in light pencil. Very good condition. (SW-5-17) (ID #15639) $175.00.

7. • Holdheim, Samuel. VERKETZERUNG UND GEWISSENSFREIHEIT. EIN ZWEITES NOTUM IN DEM HAMBURGER TEMPELSTREIT, MIT BESONDERER BERÜCKSICHTIGUNG DER ERWIEDERUNG EINES UNGENANNTEN AUF MEIN ERSTES NOTUM. Schwerin: C. Kürschener, 1842. Cloth; 8vo. Marbled boards, spattered edges, gilt title and trim. Iv, 111 pages. First edition. In German. Holdheim was a German rabbi and author; leader of the left wing of the Reform movement. The Hamburg Temple was notable for its liturgical reforms. In this volume ("Branding and freedom of conscience. The Second Notum in the Hamburg Temple Quarrel...") Holdheim "hailed the new movement as an important augury of the quickening influences of modern views. He defended the Hamburg program as thoroughly founded in Judaism and in the very line of the Synagogue's own history, though he was not blind to its inconsistencies. " (Isidore Singer and Emil G. Hirsch, JE) SUBJECT(S): Jews in Hamburg. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Bound with THEOLOGISCHE GUTACHTEN ÜBER DAS GEBETBUCH NACH DEM GEBRAUCHE DES NENEN ISRAELITISCHEN TEMPELVEREINS IN HAMBURG. MIT EINER EINLEITUNG. Introduction by M. Fraenkel. Hamburg: B. E. Berendsohn, 1842. 124 pages. In German. Edgeworn; boards scuffed. Flyleaf and title page loose but not detached; flyleaf has a tear. Pages dark; occasional margin mark in light pencil. Contents of book written in fountain pen on flyleaf. Good condition. (SW-5-7) (ID #15630) $300.00.

8. • Israelitische Synod. REFERATE ÜBER DIE DER ERSTEN ISRAELITISCHEN SYNODE ZU LEIPZIG ÜBERREICHTEN AUTRÄGE. Berlin: Louis Gerschel, 1871. Half cloth; 8vo. 246 pages. Marbled boards. In German. Conference publication. First was in 1869 in Leipzig. SUBJECT (S): Reform Judaism -- Congresses. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Ex-library with minimal markings. Rebound, preserving original boards. Water damaged; linen backstrip peeling off; cover detached; spine cracked. Text in good condition. (GR-07-3) (ID #15949) $100.00.

9. • Israelitischer Tempel. SEDER HA-`AVODAH. GEBETBUCH FÜR DIE ÖFFENTLICHE UND HÄUSLICHE ANDACHT. Hamburg: B. S. Berendsohn, 1845. Leather; 8vo. 438 pages. Handsomely bound in brown leather; elaborately tooled in gold; all edges gilt. Third, perhaps the second as no copy of the second is known, edition of the prayer book for the new reform movement, incorporating in one work changes already made in practice. There is a German title page which states that the service is for Sabbath and festivals for the New Temple. The text is bilingual, Hebrew and German, the former at the top of the page, the latter below. There are also pages entirely in German. The Hamburg Reform Temple was dedicated in 1818, and in 1819 this prayer book was published to accord with the liturgical ritual of the new congregation. It abbreviates the Hebrew service by omitting prayers deemed unimportant by the compilers, modifies prayers to eliminate mention of a personal Messiah for a Messianic era, omits and modifies some but not all prayers referring to the ingathering of all Jews to Erez Israel. Seder na-Avodah aroused considerable opposition and passion, being considered by many as pure heresy and resulted in polemics from both sides. Seder ha-Avodah is an important work documenting the change from traditional services to those of Reform. (J. J. Petuchowski, Prayerbook Reform in Europe, New York, 1968, p. 356, note 1) . OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Stanford, Wayne State) . "I. Fellheimer" stamped in gold on front cover. Age stained and edgeworn. Top inch of backstrip missing; front hinge gone. Some chipping to last page. Interior in good condition. (SW-5-16) (ID #15638) $350.00.

10. • Israelitischer Tempel (Hamburg, Germany) . SEDER HA-`AVODAH. GEBETBUCH FÜR DIE ÖFFENTLICHE UND HÄUSLICHE ANDACHT. Hamburg: Berendsohn, 1845. ANOTHER COPY, in Wrappers. Usual age staining. Institutional stamp on flyleaf. One leaf torn; two missing leaves are laid in in facsimile. Disbound. Other than flaws mentioned, good condition. (GR-6-2) (ID #15917) $275.00.

11. • Kley, E. and G. Salomon. SAMMLUNG DER NEUESTEN PREDIGTEN: GEHALTEN IN DEM NEUEN ISRAELITISCHEN TEMPEL ZU HAMBURG. Hamburg: J. Ahrons, 1826. Quarter leather; 8vo. 240 pages. Volume 1. In German. Homilies delivered in the Reform temple of Hamburg, Israelitische Tempel zu Hamburg by Eduard Kley and Gotthold Salomon. Eduard Kley (Israel; 1789-1867) , German pedagogue and Reform preacher. Orphaned at an early age, Kley studied Talmud at Breslau and then became tutor to the Beer family of Berlin. There he preached in Israel Jacabson's private temple and associated with L. Zunz, Auerbach, and other reformers. In 1817-18 he and C. S. Ginsburg published in Berlin Die deutsche Synagoge, which proposed a complete liturgy in German. Moving to Hamburg as director of the Jewish free school there, Kley preached in the Hamburg Temple, delivering sermons on Sunday and introducing the organ and a choir. He composed numerous hymns imbued with prevalent Romantic themes. Considered one of the leading preachers of his day, Kley published many collections of his hymns and sermons, which were indebted to F. Schleiermacher and other Protestant preachers. Kley stressed the devotional aspect of religion in his sermons and held that the essence of Judaism was exemplified in the three fundamental principles of Joseph Albo-belief in the existence of G-d, belief in revelation, and belief in divine retribution. Gotthold Salomon (1784-1862) , German preacher and reformer. After receiving a thoroughly Orthodox education, at the age of 16 Salomon was sent to Dessau, where he was influenced by modern trends. He then became a teacher and preached his first sermon there in 1806. A frequent contributor to Sulamith, he also vigorously answered the anti-Semitic writings of the professors C. F. Ruchs and J. F. Fries in 1817 (in 1843 he answered Bruno Bauer) . Two years later he was called to the pulpit of the Hamburg Reform Temple, where he collaborated with E. Kley. His reputation as a preacher had been established by a collection of sermons (Auswahl mehrerer Predigten; 1816) , the first of a voluminous series. Salomon's sermons, modeled, like those of other preachers, on Protestant examples, were praised by his contemporaries, notably H. Heine. When in 1841 Isaac Bernays banned the prayer book he had composed, Salomon defended his position in the subsequent fierce controversy (Das neue Gebetbuch..., 1841) . He vigorously supported the rabbinical assemblies of the mid-1840s in Brunswick, Frankfort, and Breslau. SUBJECT(S): Jewish sermons, German. Reform Judaism -- Sermons. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Harvard, Yale, UWisconsin, JNUL) . Bound with G. Salomon, PREDIGTEN IN DEM NEUEN ISRAELITISCHEN TEMPEL. Hamburg: J. Ahrons, 1826. 254 pages. Volume I. SUBJECT(S): Jewish sermons, German. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (NY Public Library) . Boards scuffed; edges and corners worn. Backstrip missing. Age stained. Good condition. Very Early Reform publications (SW-5-13) (ID #15635) $750.00.


12. • Philippson, Ludwig. SILOAH. EINE AUSWAHL VON PREDIGTEN. ZUR ERBAUUNG, SO WIE INSONDERS ZUM VORLESEN IN SYNAGOGEN, DIE DES REDNERS ERMANGELN. COMPLETE IN 3 VOLUMES. Leipzig: Baumgärtner's Buchhandlung, [1859]. Half leather; 8vo. Period binding with marbled edges and boards, raised bands, gilt titles and trim. 3 volumes. 297, 308, 336 pages. Second edition. In German. Philippson was the founder (1837) of the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums and its editor until his death. His newspaper was also dedicated to the struggle for emancipation in all parts of Germany and Europe and fought discrimination and anti-Semitism. Philippson published a popular translation of the Bible which went through three editions (1854, 1858, 1878) together with a revised edition illustrated by Doré (1875) . (EJ) SUBJECT(S): Jewish sermons. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Edgeworn; boards scuffed. Backstrip of volume 3 partially detached. Some foxing and staining to pages; occasional underlining and notations, mostly in pencil. Good condition. (SW-5-5) (ID #15628) $450.00.

13. • PROTOKOLLE UND AKTENSTÜCKE DER ZWEITEN RABBINER-VERSAMMLUNG, ABGEHALTEN IN FRANKFURT AM MAIN, VOM 15. BIS ZUM 28. JULI 1845. Frankfurt: E. Ullmann, 1845. Cloth; 8vo. Marbled boards, spattered edges, morocco backstrip label with gilt title and trim. Vi, 382 pages. Only edition. In German. Transcript of the Reform rabbinical conferences held in Frankfort to bring the modernist rabbis together. Since there was no unanimity among the participating rabbis, a discussion of theory was carefully avoided. The conferences were devoted to matters of practice. They provided justifications from traditional sources for liturgical reforms, particularly connected with the use of the vernacular in worship and with organ accompaniment of the service. They also sought to lighten some of the traditional severity of Sabbath observance and laws of marriage and divorce. Important early Reform document. SUBJECT (S): Judaism. Rabbis -- Germany. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Appears to have been rebound. Edgeworn; boards scuffed. Some foxing and staining to pages; occasional margin mark in light pencil. Very good condition. (SW-5-6) (ID #15629) $350.00.

14. • Salomon, Gotthold. MOSE, DER MANN GOTTES. EIN HEILIGES LEBENSGEMÄHLDE. IN EIN UND ZWANZIG KANZELVORTRÄGEN, GEHALTEN IM NEUEN ISRAELITISCHEN TEMPEL ZU HAMBURG. Hamburg: Perthes und Besser, 1835. Half cloth; 8vo. Xxii, 320 pages. In German. Gotthold Salomon (1784-1862) , German preacher and reformer. After receiving a thoroughly Orthodox education, at the age of 16 Salomon was sent to Dessau, where he was influenced by modern trends. He then became a teacher and preached his first sermon there in 1806. A frequent contributor to Sulamith, he also vigorously answered the anti-Semitic writings of the professors C. F. Ruchs and J. F. Fries in 1817 (in 1843 he answered Bruno Bauer) . Two years later he was called to the pulpit of the Hamburg Reform Temple, where he collaborated with E. Kley. His reputation as a preacher had been established by a collection of sermons (Auswahl mehrerer Predigten; 1816) , the first of a voluminous series. Salomon's sermons, modeled, like those of other preachers, on Protestant examples, were praised by his contemporaries, notably H. Heine. When in 1841 Isaac Bernays banned the prayer book he had composed, Salomon defended his position in the subsequent fierce controversy (Das neue Gebetbuch..., 1841) . He vigorously supported the rabbinical assemblies of the mid-1840s in Brunswick, Frankfort, and Breslau. SUBJECT(S): Moses (Biblical leader) . OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Age stained. Cover scuffed and edgeworn. Very good condition. (SW-5-14) (ID #15636) $200.00.

15. • Schmiedl, Adolf. SANSINNIM: BETRACHTUNGEN ZU DEN FÜNF BÜCHERN MOSIS NACH ORDNUNG DER WOCHENABSCHNITTE. EINE BUCH FÜR SCHULE HAUS UND TEMPEL. ZUR VERBREITUNG ERHÖHTER KUNDE UND WÜRDIGUNG DES JUDENTHUMS, SOWIE ZUR FÖRDERUNG RELIGIÖSER INNINGKEIT UND BEGEISTERUNG. Prague: Wolf Pascheles, 1859. Cloth; 8vo. Xii, 288 pages. In German. Annotated. "SANSINNIM: Examinations of the five Books of Moses in the order of the weekly readings. A book for school, house, and temple. For the spreading of increased following and appreciation of Judaism, as much as for the promotion of religious committment and participation. " SUBJECT (S): Bible. O. T. Pentateuch -- Meditations. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Owner inscribed on title page. Flyleaf inscription "to Rabbi Gruenwald from Library of Rav Gedalia Mendelsohn with compliments of Samuel Mendelsohn. " Bookplate on inside front cover gifting to institution from Dr. Max Gruenwald. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Reichsvertretung, which led the Jews of Germany during the Nazi period, and later American chairman of the Leo Baeck Institute. Samuel Mendelsohn was a Jewish rabbi, scholar and author, one of the collaborators in the completion of the Jewish Encyclopedia. Age stained; some marginalia in pencil. One page detached but present. Good condition. Bound with Philippson, Ludwig, ISRAELITISCHES PREDIGT- UND SCHUL-MAGAZIN. ZUGLEICH EIN BUCH DER LEHRE FÜR ALLE GLAUBENSTREUEN ISRAELITEN. Leipzig, Baumgärtner, 1854. Xviii, 587 pages. In German. Annotated. Edition: 2., theils verm. , theils verminderte Ausg. Rabbi Philippson was a moderate proponent of reform Judaism, a popular preacher, and founder of the Allgemeine Seitung des Judentums and the Institut zur Foerderung der Israelitischen Literatur. (SUBJECT(S): Jewish sermons. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Age stained. Some marginalia in ink. Good condition. Also bound with Kley, Eduard. DIE FESTE DES HERRN. ISRAELITISCHE PREDIGTEN FÜR ALLE FESTTAGE DES JAHRES; GEHALTEN IN DEM NEUEN TEMPEL ZU HAMBURG. Berlin: Maurer, 1824. X, 358 pages. In German. This volume is one of many collections of sermons published by the prolific Israel (or Eduard as he called himself) Kley. Kley was the first preacher at the Hamburg Temple, "which inaugurated a reform in the liturgy and stood, in general, for the adaptation of Jewish worship to the spirit of the times. " (Isidore Singer and Meyer Kayserling, JE) Thus an extremely early collection of Reform sermons. SUBJECT(S): High holiday sermons, German. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Stanford, JTS, Wisconsin) . Usual age staining. Institutional bookplate. Very good condition. (GR-6-1) (ID #15916) $400.00.

16. • Stern, S. DAS JUDENTHUM UND DER JUDE IM CHRISTLICHEN STAAT: VORLESUNG. Berlin: Buchhandlung des Berliner Lesecabinets, 1845. 44 pages. A lecture by Sigismund Stern (1812-1867) , German teacher and leader of the Berlin Reform movement. After studying philology, in 1835 Stern succeeded I. M. Jost as headmaster of the Berlin Jewish boys' school. In 1845 he gave a series of lectures on the tasks of Judaism which aroused wide interest and controversy. He wished to bring about a revival of religious life, waking it from its then current lethargy, which he felt was caused by the contradictions and frustrations faced by Jews in the modern world. Following his proposal calling for the erection of a "German-Jewish church, " leading classes of Berlin Jewry responded by forming an "Association for Reform in Judaism, " in which Stern played a central role. Contending that Judaism must free itself from its national heritage, he initiated radical reforms and the separate organization of the reformers in Berlin. In 1848, after standing unsuccessfully as candidate for that year's National Assembly, Stern accepted the directorship of the Frankfort on the Main Philanthropin Jewish school. He enlarged the institution, raised its academic standards, and introduced pedagogic (but not religious) innovations, which made him an acknowledged leader of the German methods. SUBJECT(S): Judaism and state. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (UWisconsin, JNUL, Niedersachsische Staats-Und U) . Usual age staining. Lacks wrappers. Good condition. (SW-5-35) (ID #15661) $125.00.


GERMAN ORTHODOXY

17. • Lehmann, M. ZUR RECHTEN ZEIT. Mainz: Joh. Wirth'schen, 1893. Cloth; 12mo. 132 pages. Marbled boards. In German. Illustrated with four photographs at end. Text on title page: "Gratis-Beilage zum 'Israelit. '" English translation: Just in Time, A Historical Tale. Marcus Lehmann was an Orthodox rabbi, scholar, and writer. He "wrote polemically against Reform and founded the weekly Israelit (1860-1938) to counter the influence of Ludwig Philippson's Reform periodical, Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums; the Israelit became the principal voice of German Orthodoxy. (Jacob Rothschild, EJ) OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (HUC, OSU, Waseda U) . Edgeworn; front hinge starting. Lower right corner of front board broken off, but present. Pages dark. Good condition. (GR-3-20) (ID #16012) $100.00. 

18. • Schlessinger, W. TEFILAT BENOT YERUSHUN. ANDACHTSBUCH FÜR FROMME ISRAELITINNEN MIT DEUTSCHER UEBERSETZUNG, NEBST NEUEN GEBETEN. Sulzbach: H. Frank, 1843. Leather; 16mo. Xii, 462, 29 pages. Gilt titles and bands; all edges gilt; decorative endpapers. Frontispiece plate, though, as "graven images," the faces of its two subjects have been lightly rubbed with pencil (! ) . In German and Hebrew. Prayerbook with text in Hebrew above, German below. SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Prayer-books and devotions -- German. Judaism -- Prayer-books and devotions -- Hebrew. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (NY Public Library, Yale, Wisconsin, JNUL) . Stamped "R. L. F. " in gold on front cover. Ex-library. Edgeworn; front hinge gone; some age staining to pages; otherwise, very good condition. (GR-5-15) (ID #15915) $100.00. 

19. • Hirsch, Samson Raphael. DIE OFFENE ANTWORT: SR. EHRWÜRDEN DES HERRN DISTRIKTS-RABBINDERS S.B. BAMBERGER ZU WÜRZBURG, AUF SEINEN AN DENSELBEN GERICHTETEN OFFENEN BRIEF. Frankfurt: Kauffmann, 1877. Half leather; 8vo. Period binding with marbled boards and edges. 61 pages. In German. Hirsch (1808-1888) and Bamberger (Seligmann Baer, 1807-1878) were leaders of German Orthodoxy. "In 1872 he [Bamberger] signed a declaration by German and Austrian rabbis demanding that Orthodox Jews leave the Reform-dominated, state-established congregations in accordance with the recently passed Secession Law. However, five years later he was induced by opponents of Secession in Frankfort to approve continued membership in congregations which provided for the needs of the Orthodox, thus lending his authority to the establishment of so-called Communal Orthodoxy. This led to a heated controversy with S. R. Hirsch, the father of Secessionist Orthodoxy" (EJ, 1972, 4: 155) . Bound with: JAHRES-BERICHT DES RABBINER-SEMINARS ZU BERLIN FÜR 1902/1903 (5663) ERSTATTET VOM CURATORIUM. MIT EINER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN BEILAGE VON DR. D. HOFFMANN: "DIE WICHTIGSTEN INSTANZEN GEGEN DIE GRAF-WELLHAUSENSCHE HYPOTHESE". HEFT I. Berlin: H. Itzkowski, 1903. 151, 42 pages. In German. SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Also bound with: JAHRES-BERICHT DES RABBINER-SEMINARS ZU BERLIN FÜR 1906/1907 (5667) ERSTATTET VOM CURATORIUM. MIT EINER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN BEILAGE VON DR. D. HOFFMANN: MIDRASCH-TANNAIM ZUM DEUTERONOMIUM. I. Berlin: H. Itzkowski, 1908. VIII, 126, 42 pages. In German and Hebrew. SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Also bound with: Feilchenfeld, Wolf. DIE JÜDISCHEN GEGNER DER HEIMKEHR UND DES TEMPELBAUS UNTER CYRUS, EINE EXEGETISCHE STUDIE ÜBER JESAIAS KAP. 65 UND 66. 36 PAGES. In German. Offprint. Includes bibliographical references. SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Isaiah LVI-LXVI -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (UChicago/2, Stanford, Meadville-Lombard) . Also bound with: JAHRES-BERICHT DES RABBINER-SEMINARS ZU BERLIN FÜR 1906/1907 (5667) ERSTATTET VOM CURATORIUM. VORANGEHT EINE WISSENSCHAFTLICHE ARBEIT DES DOCENTEN DR. J. WOHLGEMUTH: "DIE UNSTERBLICHKEITSLEHRE IN DER BIBEL". Berlin: H. Itzkowski, 1899. 58, 41 pages. In German. SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Also bound with: Lerner, M. GUTACHTEN RABBINER ALLER LÄNDER ÜBER EXHUMIERUNG UND ASCHENURNENBEISETZUNG AUF JÜDISCHEN FRIEDHÖFEN. Berlin: M. Poppelauer, 1905. Xxiv, 133 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S): Funeral rites and ceremonies, Jewish. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Harvard, Yale, UCalif Law School) . The Feilchenfeld offprint is stamped "A[lexander? ] Marx" and "Dr. N. A. Nobel, Rabbiner Königsberg i. Pr. " Alexander Marx was the JTS librarian for fifty years. Some wear to corners and spines. Pages brown. Good condition. (SW-5-1) (ID #15624) $275.00. 


RABBINICS & JEWISH THOUGHT

20. • Aptowitzer, V. SHRIFTWORT IN DER RABBINISCHEN LITERATUR. COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES. Vienna: In Kommission bei A. Hölder (Heft I & II) and Verlag der Israel. -Theol. Lehranstalt(Heft III-V) , 1906-15. Half cloth; 8vo. 62, 78, vii, 173, 82 pages. Five volumes bound together in one. Contents: Heft I. Prolegomena. Heft II. [no heading] Heft. III. Samuel II -- Heft IV. Josua -- Heft. V. Richter. Volumes 3 & 4 paged continuously. Bibliographical citations. Victor Aptowitzer was a rabbinic scholar who "taught Talmud at the Hebrew Teachers' College in Vienna...A confirmed Zionist, he gave his lectures in Hebrew...He investigated, among other things, the biblical quotations in the Talmud and in the Midrash which vary from the masoretic text. Of particular importance in this field is his Das Schriftwort in der Rabbinischen Literatur (4 vols. , 1906-15) . " (Moshe Nahum Zobel & Moshe David Herr, EJ) SUBJECT(S): Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism. Title Subject: Bible. O. T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. , Jewish. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Bound with Chajes, H. -P. , QUELQUES REMARQUES SUR LES CITATIONS BIBLIQUES DANS LE TALMUD. Offprint from Revue des Etudes Juives, XLII, 1901, 123-5 pages. In French. Chajes was a rabbi, scholar, and Zionist leader, author of hundreds of books and articles. Aptowitzer was the editor of a memorial volume dedicated to him. (EJ) Ex-library. Alexander Marx's copy, with his stamps on the title page of each section. Marx was the legendary librarian of the JTS for 50 years. Edgeworn; hinges broken; top of spine chipped. 1" missing from top corner of front flyleaf. Interior of book in good condition. (GR-3-21) (ID #16013) $250.00.

21. • Bahya Ben Joseph Ibn Pakuda; Yehudah Ibn Tibon; M E Stern. TORAT HOVOT HA-LEVAVOT .... Vienna: Druck und Verlag von Edl. V. Schmidbauer und Holzwarth, 1853. Cloth; 8vo. Xx, 476 pages. Marbled boards. In Arabic, German and Hebrew. Annotated. Title on added title page: "'Choboth ha-l'baboth. ' Lehrbuch der Herzenspflichten. Zur Veredlung der religiösen und sittlichen Denk- und Handlungrweise. Von rabbi Bechaiji ben Josef. Mit einer, nach Jehuda Ebn Tibbons ebräischer Uebertagung des arabischen Originales, wortgetreuen neuen Deutschen Uebersetzung, nebst exegetischen Anmerkungen über schwierge Bibelcitataund einer metrisch-gereimten Uebersetzung der "Mahnrede" von M. E. Stern. " Bahya was "an original thinker of high rank, thoroughly familiar with the entire philosophical and scientific Arabic literature, as well as with the rabbinical and philosophical writings of the Jews...This book was the first Jewish book of ethics, and "was intended to be, and it deservedly became, a popular book among the Jews throughout the world, and parts of it were recited for devotional purposes during the Penitential Days. " (Kaufmann Kohler and Isaac Broydé, JE) SUBJECT: Jewish ethics. Judaism. OCLC lists six copies worldwide of this edition. Edgeworn; corners bumped; cover scuffed. Pages a bit wrinkled. Interior very clean and tight. Good condition. (SW-1) (ID #15581) $60.00.

22. • Bernfeld, S. DER TALMUD. SEIN WESEN, SEINE BEDEUTUNG UND SEINE GESCHICHTE. Berlin: S. Calvary, 1900. Cloth; 8vo. Iv, 120 pages. Bernfeld was a rabbi, scholar and author who popularized and disseminated much important literary and scientific knowledge. (EJ) SUBJECT(S): Jewish learning and scholarship. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Ex-library; original paper wrappers in newer cloth binding. Corners worn; original wraps soiled; corner of front wrap chipped off; interior loose in binding. Interior in very good condition. (SW-2) (ID #15601) $100.00.

23. • Cohen, Hermann. ETHIK DES REINEN WILLENS. Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, 1904. Half leather; royal 8vo. Xvii, 641 pages. Marbled boards; gilt bands and titles; spattered edges; decorative endpapers. In German. Series: System der philosophie zweiter teil. Hermann Cohen was a German philosopher who spent most of his career teaching at the University of Marburg. "Cohen's early works were devoted to a critical evaluation of idealism as embodied in the thought of Plato and, particularly, of Kant. [His early] critical works brought Cohen to a new interpretation of Kant's philosophy which came to be known as the Marburg School of neo-Kantianism. This approach found its expression in his three systematic works: Logik der reinen Erkenntnis (1902) , Die Ethik des reinen Willens (1904) , and Die Aesthetik des reinen Gefuehls (1912) . The titles of these works reflect Cohen's contention that philosophy is divisible into three branches-logic, ethics, and aesthetics-which investigate, respectively, the underlying assumptions of the three basic modes of consciousness-thinking, willing, and feeling...Considering ethics and its relation to science, Cohen held that the freedom of man, which is the basis of ethics, is not contradictory to the law of causality in natural science, for freedom and causality are both only methodological presuppositions used in the construction of two different systems which can exist simultaneously. The dignity of man is central to Cohen's ethical thought. A proponent of humanistic socialism, he regarded a nation's treatment of its working classes as an index of its level of morality. While he called Marx 'God's historical messenger, ' he rejected historical materialism as well as the atheistic trends prevalent in the workers' movement. " (Samuel Hugo Bergman, EJ) SUBJECT(S): Free will and determinism. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Ex-library. A. Stanley Dreyfus's copy; Dreyfus is a rabbi, author, and instructor at Hebrew Union College. Also stamped "Dr. Med. B. Lipschitz" on title page. Edgeworn; portions of top edge (1/2") dampstained. Backstrip detached, with one inch of top corner missing. Binding solid; interior very good condition. (GR-3-17) (ID #16009) $100.00.

24. • Fischer, Karl. GUTMEINUNG ÜBER DEN TALMUD DER HEBRÄER. Wien, Alfred Hölder, 1883. Paper Wrappers, DISBOUND. Lacks backstrip, paper brown & somewhat fragile; 8vo; 6 + 112 pages; Translator is based in Prague. "Verfasset von Karl Fischer, k. K. Zensor, Revisor und Translator im hebräischen Fache zu Prag" "Nach einem manuscript von 1802" (cz-1) (ID #2642) $45.00.

25. • Gelbhaus, Sigmund. MITTELHOCHDEUTSCHE DICHTUNG IN IHRER BEZIEHUNG ZUR BIBLISCH-RABBINISCHEN LITTERATUR. Frankfurt a.M., J. Kauffmann, 1st edition thus. 1893. Cloth, Small 8vo, 62, 40, 33, 73 pages. 4 volumes in one. Gesammelte Ausgabe., von S. Gelbhaus. In German. “Middle High German Poetry and its Relationship to Biblical-Rabbinic Literature.” Author was the Rabbi & preacher at the Prague Templegemeinde. Contents: 1. Freidank's Bescheidenheit.--2. Über die Gedichte Walthers von der Vogelweide.--3. Über den Parceval Wolframs von Eschenbach.--4. Über Dichtungen Hartmanns von Aue. Includes bibliographical references. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Waterdamage thoughout, outerboards warped, paper & internal binding remain OK. Fair Condition. (CZ-1) $50.00.

26. • Guttmann, Alexander. ENTHÜLLTE TALMUDZITATE. Berlin: Philo, 1930. Cloth; 8vo. Vii, 188 pages. First edition. Volume I of a 2-volume work. Marbled boards and edges. In German. Alexander Guttmann, son of Michael, was a scholar and rabbi who taught Talmud at Hebrew Union College from 1940. SUBJECT (S): Judaism -- Apologetic works. Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism. OCLC lists 17 copies worldwide. Flyleaf and title page stamped "Oberrat der Israeliten Badens. " Top of spine chipped, and front edge bumped. Binding tight and interior in very good condition. (GR-4-9) (ID #16025) $75.00.

27. • Hamburger, Jacob. REAL-ENCYCLOPÄDIE FÜR BIBEL UND TALMUD: WÖRTERBUCH ZUM HANDGEBRAUCH FÜR BIBELFREUNDE, THEOLOGEN, JURISTEN, GEMEINDE- UND SCHULVORSTEHER, LEHRER & C. SUPPLEMENTBAND ZUR ABTEILUNG I UND II. Leipzig: In Commission von K. F. Koehler, 1886. Quarter leather; 8vo. Viii, 158 pages. In German. Marbled edges. Supplement to a 6-volume set. Indexed and annotated. Hamburger was a German rabbi and scholar. This work was the first such work ever published in the German language. "As the work of one man it is a remarkable monument of the author's industry and learning. " (Gotthard Deutsch, JE) SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Dictionaries. Jews -- Dictionaries. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Original marbled boards have been covered with cloth, which is peeling. Spine is chipping, with part of backstrip not present. Interior in very good condition. (GR-5-5) (ID #15904) $150.00.

28. • Hamburger, J. REAL-ENCYCLOPÄDIE FÜR BIBEL UND TALMUD: WÖRTERBUCH ZUM HANDGEBRAUCH FÜR BIBELFREUNDE, THEOLOGEN, JURISTEN, GEMEINDE- UND SCHULVORSTEHER, LEHRER & C. SUPPLEMENTBAND II ZUR ABTEILUNG I UND II. Leipzig: In Commission von K. F. Koehler, 1891. Cloth; large 8vo. 177 pages. In German. Annotated. This work is Supplement II to Sections I and II. Bound with four other supplements. The Real-Encyclopädie für Bibel und Talmud was published 1886-1901. "As the work of one man it is a remarkable monument of the author's industry and learning. " (Gotthard Deutsch, JE) SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Dictionaries. Jews -- Dictionaries. OCLC lists six copies worldwide. Cover worn and stained; pages foxed and brown. Bookplate. Good condition. (SW-2) (ID #15592) $150.00.

29. • Hamburger, J. REAL-ENCYCLOPÄDIE FÜR BIBEL UND TALMUD: WÖRTERBUCH ZUM HANDGEBRAUCH FÜR BIBELFREUNDE, THEOLOGEN, JURISTEN, GEMEINDE- UND SCHULVORSTEHER, LEHRER & C. SUPPLEMENTBAND III ZUR ABTEILUNG I UND II. Leipzig: In Commission von K. F. Koehler, 1892. Cloth; large 8vo. 156 pages. In German. Annotated. This work is Supplement III to Sections I and II. Bound with four other supplements. The Real-encyclopädie für Bibel und Talmud was published 1886-1901. It was the first Jewish encyclopedia in German. "As the work of one man it is a remarkable monument of the author's industry and learning. " (Gotthard Deutsch, JE) SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Dictionaries. Jews -- Dictionaries. OCLC lists six copies worldwide. Cover worn and stained; pages foxed and brown. Inside front cover bears bookplate of Rabbi Philip Kleinman, Conservative rabbi and 1918 alumnus of JTS. Good condition. (SW-2) (ID #15593) $150.00.

30. • Hamburger, J. REAL-ENCYCLOPÄDIE DES JUDENTUMS. WÖRTERBUCH ZUM HANDGEBRAUCH FÜR BIBELFREUNDE, THEOLOGEN, JURISTEN, GEMEINDE- UND SCHULVORSTEHER, LEHRER, SCHULINSPEKTOREN U. A. M. ABTEILUNG III SUPPLEMENT IV. Strelitz: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1897. Cloth; large 8vo. 138 pages. In German. Annotated. This work is Supplement IV to Section III. Bound with four other supplements. The Real-Encyclopädie des Judentums was published starting in 1862. It was the first Jewish encyclopedia in German. "As the work of one man it is a remarkable monument of the author's industry and learning. " (Gotthard Deutsch, JE) SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Dictionaries. Jews -- Dictionaries. OCLC lists four copies worldwide. Cover worn and stained; pages foxed and brown. Inside front cover bears bookplate of Rabbi Philip Kleinman, Conservative rabbi and 1918 alumnus of JTS. Good condition. (SW-2) (ID #15594) $150.00.

31. • Hamburger, J. REAL-ENCYCLOPÄDIE DES JUDENTUMS. WÖRTERBUCH ZUM HANDGEBRAUCH FÜR BIBELFREUNDE, THEOLOGEN, JURISTEN, GEMEINDE- UND SCHULVORSTEHER, LEHRER, SCHULINSPEKTOREN U. A. M. ABTEILUNG III SUPPLEMENT V. Leipzig: In Commission von K. F. Koehler, 1900. Cloth; large 8vo. 146 pages. In German. Annotated. This work is Supplement V to Section III. Bound with four other supplements. The Real-Encyclopädie des Judentums was published from 1874 to 1905. "As the work of one man it is a remarkable monument of the author's industry and learning. " (Gotthard Deutsch, JE) SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Dictionaries. Jews -- Dictionaries. OCLC lists four copies worldwide. Cover worn and stained; pages foxed and brown. Inside front cover bears bookplate of Rabbi Philip Kleinman, Conservative rabbi and 1918 alumnus of JTS. Good condition. (SW-2) (ID #15595) $150.00.

32. • Hamburger, J. REAL-ENCYCLOPÄDIE DES JUDENTUMS. WÖRTERBUCH ZUM HANDGEBRAUCH FÜR BIBELFREUNDE, THEOLOGEN, JURISTEN, GEMEINDE- UND SCHULVORSTEHER, LEHRER, SCHULINSPEKTOREN U. A. M. ABTEILUNG III SUPPLEMENT VI, SCHLUKHEFT. Strelitz: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1901. Cloth; large 8vo. 128 pages. In German. Annotated. This work is Supplement VI to Section III. Bound with four other supplements. The Real-Encyclopädie des Judentums was published from 1874 to 1905. "As the work of one man it is a remarkable monument of the author's industry and learning. " (Gotthard Deutsch, JE) SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Dictionaries. Jews -- Dictionaries. OCLC lists four copies worldwide. Cover worn and stained; pages foxed and brown. Inside front cover bears bookplate of Rabbi Philip Kleinman, Conservative rabbi and 1918 alumnus of JTS. Good condition. (SW-2) (ID #15596) $150.00.

33. • Heschel, Abraham. MAIMONIDES: EINE BIOGRAPHIE. Berlin: Erich Reiss, 1935. Cloth; 12mo. 288 pages. 1st edition. "Erstes bis drittes tausend. " Gilt titles. In German. Bibliography pages 280-88. Series: Judentum in geschichte und gegenwart; eine schriftenreihe... I. Heschel is "one of the most influential modern philosophers of religion in the U. S. Where his work is recognized in Jewish and Christian circles. " (Fritz A. Rothschild, EJ) Ex-library with all the usual markings; rebound. Cover slightly scuffed. Very good condition. (SW-2) (ID #15597) $40.00.

34. • Hirsch, Menko Max, Ed. FRUCHT VOM BAUM DES LEBENS: OZER PEROTH EZ CHAJIM. Berlin-antwerpen, Soncino Gesellschaft, 1937. 1st Edition. Cloth, Large 4to, 10, 365 pages. Published by the Soncino Gesellschaft der Freunde des Juedischen Buches. 1 of 1000 copies. German abstracts of the 953 extant responsa originally issued in the Hebrew periodical "Peri Eitz Chaim" (1691-1807) , the organ of Amsterdam's esteemed Ets Hayim Talmudical Academy. Insightful work on Jewish life in Amsterdam of the time. (GR-07-12) Very Good Condition. A Beautiful Copy. (ID #15899) $400.00.

35. • Hirsch, Menko Max, Ed. FRUCHT VOM BAUM DES LEBENS: OZER PEROTH EZ CHAJIM. Berlin-antwerpen, Soncino Gesellschaft, 1937. 1st Edition. Cloth, Large 4to, 10, 365 pages. Published by the Soncino Gesellschaft der Freunde des Juedischen Buches. 1 of 1000 copies. German abstracts of the 953 extant responsa originally issued in the Hebrew periodical "Peri Eitz Chaim (1691-1807) , the organ of Amsterdam's esteemed Ets Hayim Talmudical Academy. Insightful work on Jewish life in Amsterdam of the time. (GR-5-16) Spine worn with repairs, otherwise Good+ Condition. (ID #15898) $300.00.

36. • Jodl, Friedrich. edited by Wilhelm Börner. ALLGEMEINE ETHIK. Stuttgart and Berlin: J. G. Cotta, 1918. Cloth; 8vo. Xii, 417 pages. Gilt titles. In German. 1. Und 2. Auflage. Bibliography. Jodl was a German philosopher and psychologist, a humanist, professor and author of many works, notably on ethics. SUBJECT (S): Ethics. Ethics, Evolutionary. Library binding. Leo Jung's copy, inscribed by him on title page. Jung was an Orthodox rabbi, professor of ethics at both Yeshiva University and Stern College, and a noted writer himself. Cover sunned. Very good condition. (GR-2-1) (ID #15975) $40.00.

37. • Krauss, Samuel. DIE WIENER GESERAH VOM JAHRE 1421. Vienna and Leipzig: Wilhelm Braumüller, 1920. Cloth; 8vo. X, 264 pages. Gilt titles. In German. Extensive notes; bibliography, and indexes. Krauss was a historian, philologist, and talmudic scholar, author of over 1300 articles and monographs. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- Austria. Ex-library with all the usual markings. Edgeworn; corners bumped. Pages very dark; some loose and/or chipped. Fair condition. (GR-2-2) (ID #15976) $40.00.

38. • Krauss, Samuel. TALMUDISCHE ARCHÄOLOGIE. Complete in 3 volumes. Leipzig: Gustav Fock, 1910-12. Half leather; 8vo. Xiii, 720, vii, 722, vii, 491 pages. Raised bands; gilt titles; spattered edges. Illustrated. In German. Includes bibliographical references and indices. Series: Schriften / Gesellschaft zur fürderrung der wissenschaft des Judentums; Grundriss der gesamtswissenschaft des Judentums; Samuel Krauss was a historian, philologist, and talmudic scholar, author of over 1300 articles and monographs. "Krauss's greatest work is his Talmudische Archaeologie, a classic description of every aspect of life reflected in talmudic and midrashic literature. Still a rich source on the daily life and economic and social conditions of the period. " (EJ) SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- Social life and customs. Jews -- Palestine -- Social life and customs. Babylonia -- Social life and customs. Palestine -- Social life and customs. Talmud -- Antiquities. Corners and edges worn; boards scuffed with some expert repairs. Front hinge of volume III starting. Two-inch section of lower right corner of title page missing, not affecting text. Interior clean and bright, in very good condition. (GR-1-10) (ID #15974) $300.00.

39. • Krauss, Samuel. TALMUDISCHE ARCHÄOLOGIE. Complete in 3 volumes. Leipzig: Gustav Fock, 1910-12. Cloth; 8vo. Three volumes. Beautifully bound with embossed cover, gilt titles, decorative endpapers, and marbled edges. Approximately 2000 pages. Illustrated. In German. Includes bibliographical references and indices. Series: Schriften / Gesellschaft zur fürderrung der wissenschaft des Judentums; Grundriss der gesamtswissenschaft des Judentums; Samuel Krauss was a historian, philologist, and talmudic scholar, author of over 1300 articles and monographs. "Krauss's greatest work is his Talmudische Archaeologie ...a classic description of every aspect of life reflected in talmudic and midrashic literature...still a rich source on the daily life and economic and social conditions of the period. " (EJ) SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- Social life and customs. Jews -- Palestine -- Social life and customs. Babylonia -- Social life and customs. Palestine -- Social life and customs. Talmud -- Antiquities. Ex-library with minimal markings. Edgeworn; spine of volume III is faded, and spine of volume I has a crease. Very good condition. (SW-4) (ID #15608) $275.00.

40. • Lazarus, M. DIE ETHIK DES JUDENTHUMS. COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1898-1911. Cloth; large 8vo. Xxv, 469, lv, 404 pages. Bound in original dark green cloth with blindstamped ruled borders to covers and gold lettering and rules to spine. In German. 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. Bit of edgewear to spine. Text is printed on excellent heavy bond, which is still clean and bright, with generous margins. Very good condition. (GR-1-8) (ID #15971) $125.00.

41. • Lazarus, M. DIE ETHIK DES JUDENTHUMS. [VOL I ONLY]. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1898. Cloth; 8vo. Xxv, 469 pages. First edition. Cover scuffed. Front hinge starting. A few pages bent. Ex-library. Bookplate of Rev. Simon R. Cohen (of Keap Street Temple, Brooklyn in the early 20th century) on inside front cover. Good condition. (GR-2-6) (ID #15982) $50.00.

42. • Lazarus, M. DIE ETHIK DES JUDENTHUMS. [VOL I ONLY]. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1898. Half cloth; 8vo. Xxv, 469 pages. First edition. Edgeworn; boards scuffed. Backstrip loosening. Flyleaf detached Usual age staining. Few notes in pencil. Interior in good condition. (GR-2-7) (ID #15983) $50.00.

43. • Lazarus, M. DIE ETHIK DES JUDENTHUMS. [VOL I ONLY]. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1899. Half cloth; 8vo. Xxv, 469 pages. Marbled edges. In German. "Drittes Tausend. " Edgeworn; boards scuffed. Most of backstrip gone. Front hinge starting. Usual age staining. Few notes in pencil. Interior in good condition. (GR-2-8) (ID #15984) $50.00.

44. • Lazarus, M. DIE ETHIK DES JUDENTHUMS. [VOL I ONLY]. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1898. Half leather; 8vo. Xxv, 469 pages. First edition. Marbled boards with gold lettering and rules to spine. Bit of edgewear to spine. Henry O. Bernstein's bookplate on flyleaf. 1/2" by 5" piece has been cut from top of title page, not affecting text. Edges and corners worn; boards scuffed. Good condition. (GR-2-5) (ID #15981) $50.00.

45. • Levy, Jacob. NEUHEBRÄISCHES UND CHALDÄISCHES WÖRTERBUCH ÜBER DIE TALMUDIM UND MIDRASCHIM. ZWEITER BAND (ONLY) . Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1879. Half leather; 4to. 542 pages. First edition. Marbled boards; raised bands; gilt titles. In German. Volume 2 of 4. "Nebst beiträgen von Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer. " This work was the masterpiece of Jacob Levy, German rabbi and lexicographer. "Levy was the first to apply modern scientific methods to rabbinic lexicography; and he aided considerably toward rousing Christian scholars to an interest in rabbinical literature. All subsequent work in the field of Talmudic lexicography has been based on Levy's labors. " (JE) SUBJECT(S): Hebrew language -- Dictionaries -- German. Aramaic language -- Dictionaries -- German. Midrash -- Dictionaries. Title Subject: Talmud -- Dictionaries. Ex-library. Some Damp stains. Front hinge starting. Edgeworn; boards scuffed. Text in very good condition. Volumes 1 & 4 also available, please ask (GR-07A-3) (ID #16050) $50.00. 

46. • Luzzatto, Mosche Chaim, and Oskar Sachariasohn. LEBENSFÜHRUNG DER REDLICHEN. MIT EINER NEBEN DEM TEXT BEFINDLICHEN DEUTSCHEN ÜBERSETZUNG. Budapest: Osias Geyer, 1907. Cloth; 8vo. 231, 7 pages. Embossed boards with gilt titles. In German and Hebrew. Luzzatto was an 18th-century kabbalist, writer of ethical works, and Hebrew poet; leader of a group of religious thinkers, who were mainly interested in the problems of redemption and messianism and probably tried to use their mystical knowledge to hasten the era of redemption. Luzzatto was born in Padua, Italy, into one of the most important, oldest, and most respectable families in Italian Jewry...Regarded as a genius from childhood, he knew Bible, Talmud, Midrash, halakhic literature, and classical languages and literature thoroughly. He also had an extensive knowledge of contemporary Italian culture. [He also] had a good scientific education. " (Joseph Dan, EJ) SUBJECT(S: Ethics, Jewish. Ethics. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Illinois, NY Public Library, JNUL) . Pages brown; binding loose. Good condition. (SW-5-27) (ID #15648) $125.00.

47. • Margolis, Isaac. ERZÄHLUNGEN JESCHURUN'S; CHARAKTERBILDER UND SAGEN AUS DEM TALMUD BAWLI, JERUSALMI, MIDRASCH, JALKOT UND SOHAR. Berlin: Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1877. Cloth; 8vo. Xxviii, 234 pages. Marbled boards. In Hebrew. Added title-page in Hebrew. Hebrew title reads: Sippure Yeshurun. Margolis was a Russo-Polish rabbi; his "Sippure Yeshurun" (Berlin, 1876) , is "a collection of Talmudic and Midrashic legends, anecdotes, etc. , written in an elegant Hebrew style. " (JE) SUBJECT(S): Talmud. Paraphrases, tales, etc. Midrash. Paraphrases, tales, etc. Yalkut. Paraphrases, tales, etc. Zohar. Paraphrases, tales, etc. OCLC lists 3 copies of this book worldwide (Yale, George Washington U. , Cleveland Public Library) . Adolf Jellinek's copy, with his stamp. Jellinek was an Austrian rabbi and scholar; "the greatest, most gifted Jewish preacher that modern Judaism has produced. His thorough knowledge of the Midrash, and the startling uses he made of it in his sermons, distinguish him especially from all his contemporaries and predecessors. In his discourses he is the most brilliant apologist of Judaism and the most accomplished and courageous opponent of all its enemies, both within and without the Synagogue. All his addresses are timely answers of Judaism to present-day questions and problems of intellectual and national life, of religion and science. " (JE) Boards detached; backstrip gone. Pages very dark with some chipping. Fair condition. (GR-3-12) (ID #16004) $100.00.

48. • Nobel, Josef. HERMON, VERSUCHE ÜBER ISRAELS LEBENSIDEEN IM GEISTE DES AGADISCHEN SCHRIFTTHUMS. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1892. Cloth; 8vo. 333 pages. Embossed spine; gilt titles. In German. At head of title: Hermon (in Hebrew) . Josef Nobel was a Hungarian rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and author. Hermon is essays on Israel's ideals in the spirit of the Agadah. SUBJECT(S): Aggada -- Commentaries. Jewish ethics. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Backstrip cracked; cover nearly detached. Scuffed and edgeworn. Usual age staining. Good condition. (GR-3-15) (ID #16007) $150.00.

49. • Nork, Fr. [Selig Korn]. VOLLSTÄNDIGES HEBRÄISCH-CHALDÄISH-RABBINISCHES WÖRTERBUCH ÜBER DAS ALTE TESTAMENT: DIE THARGUMIM, MIDRASCHIM UND DEN TALMUD, MIT ERLÄUTERUNGEN AUS DEM BEREICHE DER HISTORISCHEN KRITIK, ARCHÄOLOGIE, MYTHOLOGIE, NATURKUNDE, ETC., . UND MIT BESONDERER BERÜCKSICHTIGUNG DER DICTA MESSIANA, ALS BINDEMITTEL DER SCHRIFTEN DES ALTEN UND NEUEN BUNDES. Grimma: Verlags-Comptoirs, 1842. Cloth; royal 8vo. 576 pages. In German. Friedrich N. Nork was a pseudonym of Selig Korn, German writer and mythologist, author of many satirical works. This particular work is a "Complete Hebrew Chaldäish-Rabbinical Dictionary of the Old Testament: the Thargumim, Midraschim and the Talmud, with Explanations from the Area of Historical Criticism, Archeology, Mythology, Natural History, etc. , and with Special Consideration of the Dicta Messiana. " SUBJECT (S): Hebrew language -- Dictionaries -- German. Aramaic language -- Dictionaries -- German. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. Edgeworn; boards scuffed. Usual age staining. Title page has been reinforced. Very good condition. (GR-4-6) (ID #16022) $50.00.

50. • Philippson, Ludwig, editor. SEDER HA-HAFTAROT. DAS BUCH DER HAPHTOROTH. TEXT, UEBERSETZUNG UND AUSFÜHRLICHE ERLÄUTERUNG. Leipzig: Baumgärtner's Buchhandlung, 1859. Leather and morocco; 8vo. Period binding with spattered edges, raised bands, gilt titles and trim. Iv, 281 pages. In Hebrew and German. Philippson was the founder (1837) of the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums and its editor until his death. His newspaper was also dedicated to the struggle for emancipation in all parts of Germany and Europe and fought discrimination and anti-Semitism. Philippson published a popular translation of the Bible which went through three editions (1854, 1858, 1878) together with a revised edition illustrated by Doré (1875) . (EJ) SUBJECT(S): Haftarot -- Commentaries. OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. Owner inscribed; few notes in pencil and ink. Heavy edgewear; boards scuffed. Pages foxed. Good condition. (SW-5-3) (ID #15626) $125.00.

51. • (Polak, Leo) Strack, Hermann L. EINLEITUNG IN DEN TALMUD. VIERTE, NEUBEARBEITETE AUFLAGE. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrich, 1908. Cloth; 8vo. Viii, 182 pages. Marbled edges. In German. Bibliographical annotations. Series: Schriften des Instutum judaicum in Berlin, Number. 2. Bibliography: p. 81-82, 139-175. 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. Foxing to flyleaves. Bookplate of Leo Polak on inside front cover. Polak (1880-1941) was a Jewish Dutch philosopher who played an important part in the free-thought movement in the Netherlands. He was murdered by the Germans. Very good condition. (GR-6-17) (ID #15932) $50.00.

52. • Rashi; Berliner, Abraham. RASCHI DER KOMMENTAR DES SALOMO B. ISAK ÜBER DEN PENTATEUCH. NACH HANDSCHRIFTEN, SELTENEN AUSGABEN U.DEM TALMUD KOMMENTAR DES VERFASSERS MIT BESONDERER RÜCKSICHT AUF DUE NACHGEWIESENEN QUELLEN KRITISCHE HERGESTELLT. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1905. Half leather; 8vo. Period binding with marbled boards and edges, decorative endpapers, embossed spine, gilt titles. Xxviii, 456 pages. In Hebrew and German. Edition: 2. Ganz umgearb. Aufl. Berliner was a German scholar and author with a "vast knowledge of rabbinic literature and of ancient and modern languages...He prepared the first critical edition of Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch, giving Rashi's sources and explanatory notes (1866) . In the completely revised second edition (1905) he added a vocabulary of foreign words used in the commentary. " (Alexander Carlebach, EJ) Rashi was a notable eleventh-century commentator on the Bible and Talmud. SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Pentateuch -- Commentaries. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Some wear to edges; boards scuffed. Pages brown. Top two inches of backstrip chipping and peeling. Good condition. (SW-5-2) (ID #15625) $60.00.

53. • Schlesinger, Michel. SATZLEHRE DER ARAMÄISCHEN SPRACHE DES BABYLONISCHEN TALMUDS. Leipzig: Verlag der Asia Major, 1928. Cloth; 8vo. Xix, 330 pages. 1st edition. Gilt titles. In German. Series: Veröffentlichungen der Alexander Kohut-Stiftung, Bd. 1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. SUBJECT (S): Aramaic language -- Syntax. Talmud. Pages brown. Very good condition. (SW-3) (ID #15605) $150.00.

54. • Stern, Ludwig. `AMUDE HA-GOLAH, ODER, DIE VORSCHRIFTEN DER THORA, WELCHE ISRAEL IN DER ZERSTREUUNG ZU BEOBACHTEN HAT: EIN LEHRBUCH DER RELIGION FÜR SCHULE UND FAMILIE. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1895. Wrappers; 8vo. Xi, 300 pages. In German. Title in Hebrew at head. "Dritte verbesserte Auflage. " "Verzeichnis" (index) and "Inhaltsübersicht" (outline) at end. Rabbi Stern was a German Talmudic scholar, teacher, and author. Die Vorschriften der Thora ("The Precepts of Torah, which Israel in the Diaspora Must Observe: A Textbook for School and Home") is a translation of the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim) . SUBJECT(S): Judaism. Jewish ethics. Jewish law. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Princeton, Yeshiva) . Edgeworn; corners bumped. Backstrip missing. Age darkened. Stamped "Leo Rosenfeld" on inside front cover. Interior in very good condition. (GR-6-24) (ID #15939) $50.00.

55. • Stern, Salomo Gottlieb, Yehudi Ben Sheshet. LIBER RESPONSIONUM. PARTICULA I. CONTINET: PARTICULA II. CONTINENT RESPONSIONES DISCIPULORUM R. MENAHEM BEN SARUK, I.E. BEN KAFRON, JEHUDA B. DAUD, ISAAK IBN CHIQUITILLA CONTRA RESPONSIONES DUNASCH B. LABRAT ... RESPONSIONES DISCIPULI DUNASCH B. LABRAT . I.E. JEHUDI B. SCHESCHAT.... Vienna, 1870. Half cloth; 8vo. Lxxvi, 104, 44, 60 pages. Three parts in one volume. In Hebrew. Added title page in Hebrew. Yehudi ben Sheshet was a tenth-century Spanish Hebrew grammarian and poet. He wrote, between 970 and 990, "a work against the responsa of the students of Menahem b. Saruk written in reply to Dunash's criticism of their teacher (it was published by S. G. Stern in 1870) . Yehudi's work is composed like the responsa of Dunash and those of the students of Menahem: the first part is in metric form, and is followed by rhymed prose serving as introduction to the second part, which contains explanations of metalinguistic subjects in the poem. From this work, the names of several of Menahem's students are known: Ibn Kapron, Judah b. David Hayyuj, and Isaac b. Gikatilla. Yehudi deals with 41 questions, answering the greater part of the objections which Menahem's students had made against Dunash. In 21 responsa explanations are given for some biblical terms. In 10 responsa Yehudi deals with roots of several words and lexical units to which they belong. In one responsum Yehudi replies to the objection voiced by Menahem's students concerning the introduction of Arabic metric patterns into Hebrew poetry. In four responsa he deals with objections against Dunash's usage of several words. Yehudi defends his teacher by citing biblical usage. Three responsa object to some usages of Menahem and his students. Another deals with the position of dalet and tet in the classification of the letters of the alphabet into "root" letters and "servile" letters (prefixed, infixed, suffixed) . In the last responsum Yehudi admits that one objection made by Dunash was based on a misunderstanding. (ID #15980) $75.00.

56. • Zedner, Joseph, editor and translator. AUSWAHL HISTORISCHER STÜCKE: AUS HEBRÄISCHEN SCHRIFTSTELLERN VOM ZWEITEN JAHRHUNDERT BIS AUF DIE GEGENWART: MIT VOKALISIRTEM TEXTE, DEUTSCHER UEBERSETZUNG UND ANMERKUNGEN, FÜR THEOLOGEN UND HISTORIKER, SO WIE ZUM GEBRAUCH IN HÖHEREN JÜDISCHEN . LEHRANSTALTEN. Berlin: von Veit, 1840. Cloth; 8vo. X, 292 pages. Gilt lettering on spine. Hebrew and German on opposite pages. Annotated. Zedner was librarian of the Hebrew division of the British Museum, London from 1845 until 1869. SUBJECT: Hebrew literature. Hebrew language-Readers. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Bound with: Kirsch, Georg Wilhelm, and Georg Heinrich Bernstein. CHRESTOMATHIA SYRIACA CUM LEXICO. DENUO EDIDIT GEORGIUS HENRICUS BERNSTEIN. PARS PRIOR: CHRESTOMATHIA EX CODICIBUS MANUSCRIPTIS EMENDATA ET AUCTA. Leipzig: Carol. Cnobloch, 1832. Cloth; 8vo. Xxxii, 226 pages. Volume I of a two-volume set. Gilt lettering on spine. In Latin and Syriac. Annotated. SUBJECT: Syriac language -- Readers. Bound With "Auswahl Historischer Stücke. " Signed on front and back flyleaf "Isaiah Sonne. " Sonne was "a scholar of penetrating insights, able to extract underlying historical theories from seemingly trivial details...[who] discovered a number of hitherto unknown works and documents. He bequeathed his collection of books and manuscripts to the Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem, which published a memorial volume in his name in 1961." (Jerucham Tolkes in EJ) . Edges worn; corners bumped. Back hinge starting. Interior very nice; binding tight. In good+ condition for its age. (SW-1) (ID #15574) $300.00.


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57. • Blau, Ludwig. ZUR EINLEITUNG IN DIE HEILIGE SCHRIFT. Budapest, 1894. Cloth; 8vo. Vi, 129, 33 pages. In German. Series: Jahresbericht der Landes-Rabbinerschule in Budapest fur das Schuljahr 1893-. Monograph is followed by standard Jahresbericht material: p. [3]-33. Includes bibliographical references. Blau was a prolific Budapest scholar. This work deals with the canon of Scripture. It is "especially valuable for the light it throws upon the history of the Bible text in the early synagogue. " (Isidore Singer, JE) SUBJECT(S): Masorah. Bible. O. T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. O. T. -- Criticism, Textual. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Library binding. Pages brown. Stamped on title page "Akademie für die Wissenschaft des Judentums. " Very good condition. (SW-5-11) (ID #15633) $60.00.

58. • Ehrentheil, Adolf. MATEH AHARON. DER AHARONSSTAB. HAUSPOSTILLE FÜR JÜDISCHE FAMILIEN, ENTHÄLT HOMILETISCHE BETRACHTUNGEN ÜBER DIE HAFTORAH'S ZU DEN BÜCHERN MOSIS. Prague: Gottlieb Schmeltes, 1861. Cloth; small 8vo. 285, 55 pages. In German. Devotional book for Jewish families; homiletic considerations on the Haftarot and the five books of Moses; material for sermons to be used by rabbis and preachers. SUBJECT (S): Haftarot -- Homiletical use. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (Harvard, Yale, NY Public Library, JNUL) . Ex-library with minimal markings. Usual age staining. Front hinge gone. Has been rebound. Title page detached, but present. Lower corner of about 30 leaves dog-eared or chipped. Binding tight; interior in good condition. (GR-07A-15) (ID #16062) $60.00. 


59. • Geiger, Abraham, Paul Kahle, and Nachum Czortkowski. URSCHRIFT UND ÜBERSETZUNGEN DER BIBEL, IN IHRER ABHÄNGIGKEIT VON DER INNERN ENTWICKLUNG DES JUDENTUMS. Frankfurt: Verlag Madda, 1928. Cloth; 8vo. Viii, 500, 51 pages. Second edition. In German. Edition: 2. Aufl. Mit einer Einführung von Paul Kahle und einem Anhang enthaltend: Nachträge zur Urschrift, Verzeichnis der Bibelstellen und Bibliographie zusammengestellt und bearb. Von Nachum Czortkowski. 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...Geiger's principal work was Urschrift und Uebersetzungen der Bibel... (1857; 19282) , in which he correlates the history of the biblical translations with the history of the sects in Israel (particularly the Pharisees and Sadducees) . " (Jacob S. Levinger, EJ) SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. -- Criticism, Textual. Bible. O. T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Corners and edges of spine a little bumped. Very good condition. (SW-5-10) (ID #15632) $75.00.

60. • Graetz, Heinrich; Guil. Bacher, Ed. EMENDATIONES IN PLEROSQUE SACRAE SCRIPTURAE VETERIS TESTAMENTI LIBROS. SECUNDUM VETERUM VERSIONES NEC NON AUXILIIS CRITICIS CAETERIS ADHIBITIS. Breslau: Schlesiche, 1892. 1st edition. Cloth; large 8vo. 60 pages. Title page in Latin; text in Hebrew. Graetz was a German historian and exegete. "Graetz's historical studies, extending back to Biblical times, naturally led him into the field of exegesis...Toward the end of his life he planned an edition of the whole Hebrew Bible with his own textual emendations. A prospectus of this work appeared in 1891. Shortly before the author's death, a part of it, Isaiah and Jeremiah, was issued in the form in which the author had intended to publish it; the rest contained only the textual notes, not the text itself. It was edited, under the title 'Emendationes in Plerosque Sacræ Scripturæ Veteris Testamenti Libros, ' by W. Bacher (Breslau, 1892-94) . The most characteristic features of Graetz's exegesis are his bold textual emendations, which often substitute something entirely arbitrary for the Masoretic text, although he always carefully consulted the ancient versions. He also determined with too much certainty the period of a Biblical book or a certain passage, when at best there could only be a probable hypothesis. Thus his hypothesis of the origin of Ecclesiastes at the time of Herod, while brilliant in its presentation, is hardly tenable. His textual emendations display fine tact, and of late they have become more and more respected and adopted. " (Isidore Singer and Gotthard Deutsch, JE) SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Hebrew -- Criticism, Textual. OCLC lists 23 copies worldwide. Later binding; very good condition. (SW-5-20) (ID #15641) $150.00.

61. • Gutmann, Moses. DIE APOKRYPHEN DES ALTEN TESTAMENTS. Altona: Joh. Friedrich Hammerich, 1841. Cloth; 8vo. Viii, 318 pages. In German. "Ein Supplementband zu den beiden Bibelausgaben: Deutsche Volks-und Schulbibel für Israeliten, Die vier und zwanzig Bücher der heiligen Schrift, oder Bibel für Israeliten. "/ Includes bibliographical references. Gutmann was a Bavarian rabbi; "the first rabbi of Bavaria with an academic education as well as a thorough Talmudical training who espoused the cause of Reform, to which fact his contributions to Geiger's Zeitschrift für Jüd. Theologie, Stein's Volkslehrer, and several of his responsa bear witness. " (JE) SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Apocrypha -- Commentaries. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Usual age staining. Front hinge gone. Has been rebound. Interior in very good condition. (GR-07A-13) (ID #16061) $125.00.

62. • Hoffmann, D. , editor and translator. DAS BUCH LEVITICUS. Berlin: M. Poppelauer, 1905-06. Cloth and wrappers; 4to. Viii, 478, vi, 412 pages. Two volumes. In German. Contents: 1. Halbband. Lev. I-XVII -- 2. Halbband. Lev. XVIII-Ende. David Hoffmann was a rabbi and Biblical and Talmudic scholar. "Toward the end of his life he was regarded as the supreme halakhic authority of German Orthodox Jewry and was inundated by questions in halakhah from most of the German rabbis...In his commentaries to Leviticus and Deuteronomy he emphasized the importance of rabbinic homiletical and exegetical interpretations for an understanding of these books. " (Moshe David Herr, EJ) SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Leviticus. Translations. Volume I is attractively bound in dark brown cloth with gilt titles and marbled edges; cover scuffed and spine a bit wrinkled; otherwise very good condition. Volume II is ex-library with minimal markings in paper wrappers; front cover detached, soiled and chipped; back cover missing; first two leaves loose and back section loose; backstrip chipping and peeling off. Interior in very good condition. (SW-2) (ID #15598) $100.00.

63. • Joël, Manuel. VORTRAG ÜBER DAS BUCH DANIEL GEHALTEN. Breslau: H. Sulzbach, 1873. Wrappers; 12mo. 20 pages. In German. Only edition. Text on title page: "Gehalten ... In der 'Gesellschaft der Freunde' im Februar 1873." Joel was a rabbi and scholar. "In Berlin he came under the influence of Leopold Zunz and M. Sachs. Joining the staff of the Juedisch-Theologisches Seminar in Breslau on its foundation in 1854, he taught classical languages, religious philosophy, and homiletics there. In 1864 he was appointed rabbi of the Breslau community, succeeding A. Geiger. At the rabbinical assemblies of Kassel (1868) and Leipzig (1869) , he defended moderation in Reform against Geiger's radicalism, and stressed the need for preserving the Jewish character of synagogue worship and respect for the historical past. He also expressed these views in a number of publications, particularly in his prayer book (1872) and his sermons (1867, 1893-98) , which were highly influential. Joel's scholarly importance lies mainly in the field of religious philosophy. " (EJ) SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Daniel -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. OCLC lists 3 copies of this periodical worldwide (Harvard, OSU, JNUL) . Pages brown; stain on title page and back page. Not bound. Good condition. (SW-5-35) (ID #15656) $125.00.

64. • Nobel, Josef. [LEVANON]=LIBANON: EXEGETISCH-HOMILETISCHER KOMMENTAR ZU DEN PSALMEN. Halberstadt: Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1911. Cloth; 8vo. Two volumes. 560, 527 pages. Stamped boards; gilt titles, Decorative endpapers. Nobel was a rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and author. SUBJECT (S): Bible. O. T. Psalms -- Commentaries. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Ex-library with all the usual markings. One volume is shaken, with non-archival repairs to front and back hinges; other has boards detached but present; backstrip missing. Interiors in good condition. (SW-4) (ID #15613) $75.00.

65. • Beer, Peter. REMINISCENZEN. BEZÜGLICH AUF REORGANISATION DES ÖFFENTLICHEN GOTTESDIENSTES BEI DEN ISRAELITEN. Prag, 1837. Half cloth; 12mo. 73 pages. Marbled boards. In German. "Reminiscences concerning the reorganization of public service by Jews. " Beer was an Austrian educationalist and author, a reformer highly esteemed by Austrian authorities, but mistrusted by many Jews. (EJ) OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Bound with Landau, M. J. , ERSTLINGE, EIN ALMANACH FÜR FREUNDE DER HEBRÄISCHEN UND BIBLISCHEN LITERATUR ÜBERHAUPT, UND FÜR GEBILDETE ISRAELITEN INSBESONDERE. Vienna: Anton Schmid, 1824. 48 pages. In German. "First-borns, an almanac for friends of Hebrew and Biblical literature generally, and for educated Jews in particular. " Landau was an Austrian printer, publisher, and lexicographer, and superintendent of the Jewish school in Prague. SUBJECT(S): Hebrew literature. OCLC lists one copy worldwide (HUC) . Ex-library with minimal markings. Stamped "M. Kisch" and "M. Kisch, Wien" on both works. Kisch was a prominent family in Prague, and from there all of Europe. Water damaged; backstrip not present; paper peeling off boards. Text in good condition. (GR-07-5) (ID #15951) $450.00.

66. • Frankel, Zacharias. ZU TARGUM DER PROPHETEN. Breslau: Schletter, 1872. Half cloth; 8vo. 47, x pages. Marbled boards. In German. Includes bibliographical references. Frankel, a rabbi and scholar, founded the so-called "positivist-historical" ("Breslau") school which later influenced the Conservative movement in the United States. SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Aramaic -- History and criticism. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Ex-library with minimal markings. Bit of marginalia in pencil. Water damaged; linen backstrip peeling off; boards warped and scuffed. Flyleaf loose and chipped, but present. Bookplate of Mayer Sulzberger/Halberstamm Collection on inside front cover. Sulzberger was an American jurist and communal leader; first president of the American Jewish Committee, a founder of the J. P. S. , and officer of many Jewish institutions of higher learning. His book collection formed the nucleus of the JTS collection, the largest collection of Jewish books in the world outside of Israel. Text in good condition. (GR-07-4) (ID #15950) $100.00.

67. • Heller, Ch. UNTERSUCHUNGEN ÜBER DIE PESCHÎTTÂ: ZUR GESAMTEN HEBRÄISCHEN BIBEL ; ZUGLEICH EIN BEITRAG ZUR ERKENNTNIS DER ALTEN BIBELÜBERSETZUNGEN. Berlin: M. Poppelauer, 1911. Wrappers; 8vo. 72 pages. In German. Teil I. No more published? Includes bibliographical references. Chaim Heller was a rabbinical and biblical scholar, "one of the very few modern scholars who combined a vast and deep talmudic erudition of the traditional type with a thorough competence in the methods of textual research. He defended the traditional masoretic text against the Bible critics. " (EJ) Of this work, speaking about those who criticize the reliability of traditional texts, Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo says, "perhaps the most devastating blow to these critical theories was delivered by Rabbi Chaim Heller (1878-1960) . Not only had he mastered the Oral Torah to the extent that he was one of the greatest talmudic scholars of his time, but he also knew every extant ancient Bible translation in its original target language, whether Aramaic, Greek, Latin, or Syriac. In his Untersuchungen ueber die Peschitta (1911) , he took issue with those who concluded that apparent divergences from the Torah in their possession were due to variae lectiones in the ancient texts. Not so, he asserted. Every translation is a commentary, and the variations result from the translator preferring one explanation in the Oral Torah to another. Thus, the differences were exegetical rather than textual. He further showed that all the apparent differences stemmed from the thirty-two exegetical rules of biblical interpretation enumerated by Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon. In the above-mentioned study he gives examples showing how the translator employed each rule in his version. " (Cardozo, Between Silence and Speech) . SUBJECT(S): Bible. O. T. Syriac -- Versions -- Peshitta. Bible. O. T. -- Criticism, Textual. Ex-library. Bookplate of Peter Wiernik on inside front cover. Wiernik was an American Yiddish journalist, "editor for New York's most important Yiddish daily, the Jewish Morning Journal. His editorials, possessed of intelligence, good taste and tolerance, advocated a fusion of modern Orthodoxy and Americanism, and evinced a coolness to political Zionism and hostility to socialism. " (Joseph Hirsch, EJ) Age-stained. Some corners chipped. Wrappers very chipped, but with no loss of text. Signatures loose. All pages present. Some pages still uncut. Text in good condition. (GR-6-29) (ID #15944) $125.00.

68. • Kautzsch, E. DIE APOKRYPHEN UND PSEUDEPIGRAPHEN DES ALTEN TESTAMENTS. COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck) , 1900. Two volumes. Cloth; Large 8vo. Xxxi, 507, vii, 539 pages. Gilt titles and decoration. In German. Includes indexes and bibliographical references (volume 1, pages xxiii-xxvi) . Kautzsch 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. He taught in Leipzig (until 1872) , Basle (1872-80) , Tuebingen (1880-88) , and Halle (from 1888) . In 1877 he participated in founding the Deutscher Palaestina Verein, and from 1888 he was one of the editors of the influential Theologische Studien und Kritiken. (EJ) SUBJECT(S): Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Commentaries. Title Subject: Bible. O. T. Apocrypha -- Commentaries. Front hinge of volume one starting. Stamped on title pages "A. Stanley Dreyfus; " inscribed "Boaz Cohen. " Dreyfus is a rabbi, author, and instructor at Hebrew Union College; Cohen was a leading rabbinic scholar who taught at JTS for his entire career. Very good condition. (GR-1-4) (ID #15967) $125.00.

69. • Schmiedl, Adolf. SANSINNIM: BETRACHTUNGEN ZU DEN FÜNF BÜCHERN MOSIS NACH ORDNUNG DER WOCHENABSCHNITTE. EINE BUCH FÜR SCHULE HAUS UND TEMPEL. ZUR VERBREITUNG ERHÖHTER KUNDE UND WÜRDIGUNG DES JUDENTHUMS, SOWIE ZUR FÖRDERUNG RELIGIÖSER WÄRME UND INNINGKEIT. Prag: Wolf Pascheles, 1859. Half-Leather, xii, 288 pages. Includes illustrations. 22 cm. In German. “SANSINNIM: Examinations of the five Books of Moses in the order of the weekly readings. A book for school, house, and temple. For the spreading of increased following and appreciation of Judaism, as much as for the promotion of religious committment and participation.” OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. SUBJECT(S): Bible. O.T. Pentateuch -- Meditations. Frontis engraving present, but loose as often found. Chips to backstrip (spine), ex-library with minimal marks; otherwise Good Condition. (CZ-1) $100.00.

70. • Schmiedl, Adolf. SANSINNIM: BETRACHTUNGEN ZU DEN FÜNF BÜCHERN MOSIS NACH ORDNUNG DER WOCHENABSCHNITTE. EINE BUCH FÜR SCHULE HAUS UND TEMPEL. ZUR VERBREITUNG ERHÖHTER KUNDE UND WÜRDIGUNG DES JUDENTHUMS, SOWIE ZUR FÖRDERUNG RELIGIÖSER WÄRME UND INNINGKEIT. Prag: Wolf Pascheles, 1859. Half-Leather, xii, 288 pages. Includes illustrations. 22 cm. In German. “SANSINNIM: Examinations of the five Books of Moses in the order of the weekly readings. A book for school, house, and temple. For the spreading of increased following and appreciation of Judaism, as much as for the promotion of religious committment and participation.” OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide. SUBJECT(S): Bible. O.T. Pentateuch -- Meditations. Lacks backstrip, front board & 1st few leaves detached but present, easily repaired, paper foxed as often found. ex-library with minimal marks; otherwise Good Condition. (CZ-1) $60.00.

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71. • Elbogen, Ismar. DIE RELIGIONSANSCHAUUNGEN DER PHARISÄER, MIT BESONDERER BERÜCKSICHTIGUNG DER BEGRIFFE GOTT UND MENSCH. Berlin: H. Itzkowski, 1904. Wrappers; 8vo. Vi, 88, 23 pages. In German. Series: Zweiundzwanzigster Bericht über die Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums in Berlin, erstattet vom Curatorium. Bibliography: pages [87]-88. Ismar Elbogen was a scholar, teacher, and public figure; research professor simultaneously at four institutions of Jewish learning; active participant in the Liberal movement; and author of many works of Jewish history written in a popular style. (EJ) SUBJECT(S): Pharisees. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide. Front wrapper detached and chipped; back wrapper missing. Corners bent. Sunned. Interior in very good condition. (GR-4-7) (ID #16023) $100.00. 

72. • Eppenstein, Simon. BEITRÄGE ZUR GESCHICHTE UND LITERATUR IM GEONÄISCHEN ZEITALTER. Berlin: Louis Lamm, 1913. Cloth; 8vo. 218 pages. In German. Bibliographical annotations. Contents: Vorwort. --Bostanai. --Das gegenseitige verhältnis zwischen exilarchat und gaonat und die lehrverfassung der metibtas. --Die geistige tätigkeit in Palästina bis zum beginn des 10. Jahrhunderts. --Saadja Gaon, sein leben und seine schriften. --Die erzählung von den vier gefangenen talmudisten. --Nachträge und berichtigungen. Note (s): "Separatabzug aus der Monatsschrift, jahrgänge 1908, 1910-1913"--Vorwort. SUBJECT(S): Geonim. Geonic literature -- History and criticism. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide. Edgeworn. Cover nearly detached. Interior clean and bright. Good condition. (GR-6-15) (ID #15930) $125.00. 

73. • Funk, S. DIE JUDEN IN BABYLONIEN 200-500. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE (COMPLETE) . Boskowitz: Adolf Alkalay & Sohn, 1902. Half cloth; 8vo. Vii, 148, xxii, 160 pages. Marbled boards. In German. Bibliographical annotations. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- History. Jews -- Iraq -- Babylonia. OCLC lists no copies worldwide of this edition (only a Berlin edition of same year) . Edges bumped. Age darkened. Very good condition. (GR-6-22) (ID #15937) $75.00. 

74. • Joël, M. BLICKE IN DIE RELIGIONSGESCHICHTE ZU ANFANG DES ZWEITEN CHRISTLICHEN JAHRHUNDERTS. Breslau: S. Schottlaender, 1880. Half cloth; 8vo. Vii, 177, x, 190 pages. Gilt titles. In German. Volumes I and II bound together. Contents: I. [Abt. ] Der Talmud und die griechische Sprache. --II. Abt. Der Conflict des Heidentums mit den Christenthume in seinen Folgen für das Judenthum. Bibliographical footnotes. Manuel Joël was a rabbi and scholar. "In Berlin he came under the influence of Leopold Zunz and M. Sachs. Joining the staff of the Juedisch-Theologisches Seminar in Breslau on its foundation in 1854, he taught classical languages, religious philosophy, and homiletics there. In 1864 he was appointed rabbi of the Breslau community, succeeding A. Geiger. At the rabbinical assemblies of Kassel (1868) and Leipzig (1869) , he defended moderation in Reform against Geiger's radicalism, and stressed the need for preserving the Jewish character of synagogue worship and respect for the historical past. He also expressed these views in a number of publications, particularly in his prayer book (1872) and his sermons (1867, 1893-98) , which were highly influential...Joel's scholarly importance lies mainly in the field of religious philosophy. His two-volume Blicke in die Religionsgeschichte... (1880-83) was an important and influential contribution to comparative religion. " (EJ) SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425. Gnosticism. Church history -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Judaism -- Apologetic works. Front hinge starting. Very good condition. (GR-1-10) (ID #15973) $50.00. 

75. • Menzel, Karl Adolf. STAATS- UND RELGIONSGESCHICHTE DER KÖNIGREICHE ISRAEL UND JUDA. Leipzig: Dyk'sche Buchhandlung, 1852. Wrappers; 8vo. Xvii, 457 pages. In German. Edition: Neue wohlseite Ausgabe. Date taken from foreword. Title page identifies Menzel as the Royal Prussian Councilor and School Inspector. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- History -- To 70 A. D. Judaism -- History -- To 70 A. D. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (LSU, JTSA, Lutheran Thological Seminary, JNUL) . Ex-library. Dr. Werner Schultze's copy. Schultze is the author of Aus deutschen Chroniken and other works. Usual age staining. Disbound, edges chipping. Fair condition. (GR-3-16) (ID #16008) $125.00. 

76. • Munk, Salomon, and M. A. Levy. PALÄSTINA; GEOGRAPHISCHE, HISTORISCHE UND ARCHÄOLOGISCHE BESCHREIBUNG DIESES LANDES, UND KURZE GESCHICHTE SEINER HEBRÄISCHEN UND JÜDISCHEN BEWOHNER. VOLUME II [OF 2]. Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1872. Cloth; 8vo. 322-500 pages. Gilt titles; marbled edges. In German. Series: Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur Schriften, 17. Jahr 1871-1872. Volume II of a two-volume work. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- History -- To A. D. 70. OCLC lists 22 copies worldwide. Usual edgewear and age staining. One-inch corner torn from lower edge of series title page, not affecting text. Title page missing; otherwise, good condition. (GR-3-9) (ID #16016) $40.00. 

77. • Schürer, D. Emil. GESCHICHTE DES JÜDISCHEN VOLKES IM ZEITALTER JESU CHRISTI. COMPLETE IN THREE VOLUMES. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1901. Cloth; large 8vo. Vii, 780, vi, 680, vii, 719 pages. In German. Only volumes 2-3 of this title, complete in 3 volumes, were published in the 3. Edition Volume 1, published in 1901, is "3. Und 4. Aufl. " Includes bibliographical references. Schürer was a German Protestant theologian and teacher. Encyclopedia Britannica called this "the most valuable general modern work (on the subject)" Another Encyclopedia in 1911 remarked "This elaborate work on the history of the Jews in the time of Christ made him in Great Britain and America one of the best known of modern German scholars. " SUBJECT(S): Jews -- History -- 586 B. C. -70 A. D. Jews -- Politics and government. Greek literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism. Greek literature -- Jewish authors. Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Judaism. Juifs -- Histoire -- 586 v. J. -C. -70. Bible. N. T. -- History of contemporary events. Bible. O. T. Apocrypha -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. N. T. Ex-library. Water damaged; pages and cover warped. Text in good condition. (GR-07A-2) (ID #16048) $150.00. 

78. • Smend, Rudolf. DIE WEISHEIT DES JESUS SIRACH HEBRÄISCH UND DEUTSCH. MIT EINEM HEBRÄISCHEN GLOSSAR. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1906. Half cloth; 8vo. Vi, 95, 81, xxii pages. In German and Hebrew. Added title page in Hebrew. Smend was a German Bible critic and professor, whose major works deal with source criticism of the Bible. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Rabbi J. Perles's ownership stamp on title page. Ex-library with all the usual markings. Edgeworn; very good condition. (GR-2-3) (ID #15979) $40.00. 


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79. • Averroes (father and son); Abu Muhammad Abd Allah Ibn Rushd; J Hercz, ed.; Shmuel Ibn Tibbon, trans. DREI ABHANDLUNGEN ÜBER DIE CONJUNCTION DES SEPARATEN INTELLECTS MIT DEM MENSCHEN VON AVERROES (VATER UND SOHN) AUS DEM ARABISCHEN ÜBERSETZT VON SAMUEL IBN TIBBON, ZUM ERSTEN MALE HERAUSGEGEBEN, ÜBERSETZT [INS DEUTSCHE] UND ERLÄUTERT VON DR. J. HERCZ. Berlin: H. S. Hermann, 1869. Cloth; 12mo. Xiv, 63, 24 pages. Marbled edges. In German, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, and Greek. Title page in Hebrew on verso: Sheloshah ma'amarim lehe-hakham Ibn Roshd. Includes bibliographical references. "Three Treatises on the Conjunction of the Separate Intellects with Persons. " Averroes was a 12th-century Islamic physician and philosopher, best known for his commentaries on Aristotle's works; he was influential to Jews in the late Middle Ages because of the Hebrew translations of his works. SUBJECT (S): Immortality (Philosophy) Philosophy, Islamic -- Early works to 1800. Philosophy, Jewish -- Early works to 1800. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Owner inscribed. Bookplate on inside back cover. Cover edgeworn and scuffed; archival repair to hinges. Some foxing. Binding very tight. Printed on high quality paper. Interior in very good condition. (GR-6-20) (ID #15935) $175.00.

80. • Back, Samuel. R. MEÏR BEN BARUCH AUS ROTHENBURG; SEIN LEBEN UND WIRKEN, SEINE SCHICKSALE UND SCHRIFTEN: GEDENKSCHRIFT ZUR SECHSHUNDERSTEN JAHRESWENDE SEINES TODES. -- 1. BAND: LEBEN, WIRKEN UND SCHICKSALE. (COMPLETE, NO MORE PUBLISHED) . Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1895. Cloth; 8vo. Vii, 112 pages. In German. Text on title page "Mit Subvention der Zunz-Stiftung in Berlin. " No more published. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- Persecutions. Meir ben Baruch, of Rothenburg, ca. 1215-1293. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide. Ex-library with all the usual markings. Library binding. Age staining; notes in pencil. Flyleaf chipping. Good condition. (SW-5-23) (ID #15644) $125.00.

81. • Chwolson, D. DIE BLUTANKLAGE UND SONSTIGE MITTELALTERLICHE BESCHULDIGUNGEN DER JUDEN. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1901. Cloth; 8vo. Xv, 362 pages. Marbled edges. "Eine historische untersuchung nach den quellen von dr. D. Chwolson. Nach der zweiten vielfach veränderten und verbesserten ausgabe von 1880 aus dem russischen übersetzt und mit vielen verbesserungen und zusätzen vom autor versehen. " Chwolson was a Russian orientalist; converted to the Russian Orthodox Church but always well disposed towards Jews and Judaism. He was professor simultaneously at three notable institutions in St. Petersburg. "In this triple capacity he taught practically every eminent Semitic scholar in Russia during the second half of the 19th century and after...Chwolson was also popular among the Jews for his works against the blood libel. " (Yehuda Slutsky; Leon Nemoy, EJ) SUBJECT(S): Blood accusation. Judaism. Talmud. Cover edgeworn; 1" by 5" section of paper cover peeled off of back board; edges bumped. Pages brown. Overall good condition for its age. (SW-2) (ID #15600) $125.00.

82. • Dieterici, Friedrich, Basra Ikhwan Al-Safa. DIE ABHANDLUNGEN DER ICHWÂN ES-SAFÂ IN AUSWAHL [ICHWAN ES-SAFA]. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrich, 1883. Cloth; 8vo. Xix, 635 pages. Elegantly bound with marbled boards, brown binding and gilt titles. In Arabic, with introductory matter in German. Title page on verso: "Khulasat al-wafa' fi ikhtiyar Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa'" (romanized form) . Friedrich Dieterici (d. 1903) was among the leading contributors in Europe to the study of the Rasa'il [. He, ] for some 30 years, published texts and studies on Islamic philosophy with the Ikhwan al-Safa' as the main subject of his attention. The only complete translation of the Rasa'il into a Western language, to this day, still remains Dieterici's German translation published between 1861 and 1872." (London's Institute of Ismaili Studies) . Beautifully hardbound by Otto Harrassowitz Buchhandlung, Leipzig, to match the author's "Die Anthropologie der Araber" and "Die Propaedeutik der Araber" (covers bound-in) . Bit of edgewear to top and bottom of spine. Interior very clean and tight. Very good condition. (SW-2) (ID #15584) $400.00.

83. • Dieterici, Friedrich. DIE ANTHROPOLOGIE DER ARABER IM ZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT N. CHR. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1871. Cloth; 8vo. Viii, 221 pages. Elegantly bound with marbled boards, brown binding and gilt titles. In German. A translation of treatises 22-30 of the Rasa'il Ikhwan al safa, the encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity, compiled in the 10th century. Friedrich Dieterici (d. 1903) was among the leading contributors in Europe to the study of the Rasa'il[. He, ] for some 30 years, published texts and studies on Islamic philosophy with the Ikhwan al-Safa' as the main subject of his attention. The only complete translation of the Rasa'il into a Western language, to this day, still remains Dieterici's German translation published between 1861 and 1872. (London's Institute of Ismaili Studies) . SUBJECT(S): Philosophy, Islamic. Human beings. Beautifully hardbound by Otto Harrassowitz Buchhandlung, Leipzig, to match the author's "Die Propaedeutik der Araber, " and "Die Abhandlungen Der Ichwân Es-Safâ In Auswahl" (covers bound-in) . Bit of edgewear to top and bottom of spine. Interior very clean and tight. Very good condition. (SW-1) (ID #15582) $400.00.

84. • Dieterici, Friedrich. DIE PROPAEDEUTIK DER ARABER IM ZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT. Berlin: E. S. Mittler und Sohn, 1865. Cloth; 8vo. Ix, 201 pages. Elegantly bound with marbled boards, brown binding and gilt titles. In German. Series: Die Philosophie der Araber im IX. Und X. Jahrhundert n. Chr. , 3. Buch; Contents: Arithmetik. --Geometrie. --Astronomie (astrologie) --Geographie. --Musik. --Mathematische relation. A translation of treatises 1-6 of the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-safa, the encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity, compiled in the 10th century. "Verzeichniss der arabischen ausdrücke": p. [169]-183. Friedrich Dieterici (d. 1903) was among the leading contributors in Europe to the study of the Rasa'il[. He, ]for some 30 years, published texts and studies on Islamic philosophy with the Ikhwan al-Safa' as the main subject of his attention. The only complete translation of the Rasa'il into a Western language, to this day, still remains Dieterici's German translation published between 1861 and 1872. (London's Institute of Ismaili Studies) . OCLC lists no copies of this edition. Beautifully hardbound by Otto Harrassowitz Buchhandlung, Leipzig, to match the author's "Die Anthropologie der Araber" and "Die Abhandlungen Der Ichwân Es-Safâ In Auswahl" (covers bound-in) . Bit of edgewear to top and bottom of spine. Interior very clean and tight. Very good condition. (SW-1) (ID #15583) $400.00.

85. • Dieterici, Friedrich; Porphyry; `abd Al-Masih Ibn `abd Allah, Called Ibn Na`imah; Plotinus. DIE SOGENANNTE THEOLOGIE DES ARISTOTELES: AUS ARABISCHEN HANDSCHRIFTEN ZUM ERSTEN MAL HERAUSGEGEBEN. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrich, 1882. Cloth; 8vo. Viii, 180 pages. In Arabic, with introductory matter in German. Title page in Arabic on facing page. The original Arabic title is translated: "Das Buch des Philosophen Aristoteles, welches im Griechischen Theologia heisst ... Ist vom Tyrer Porphyrius erklärt. Dasselbe wurde vom Christen Ibn 'Abdallah Na'ima aus Emessa ins Arabische übertragen und für Achmed ibn al Mu'tasim billah von Abu Josef Jakob ibn Ishak, dem Kenditen, richtig hergestellt. Cf. Dieterici. Die sogenannte Theologie des Aristoteles aus dem Arabischen übersetzt. 1883, p. [1], " caption title. Actually a paraphrase of Plotinus' Enneades, IV-VI. The Arabic version by Ibn Na'imah appears to be based on a Syriac translation attributed by Baumstark to Johannan of Apamela. Cf. Oriens christianus, II (1902) , p. 187-191. Friedrich Dieterici (d. 1903) was among the leading contributors in Europe to the study of the Rasa'il [. He, ] for some 30 years, published texts and studies on Islamic philosophy with the Ikhwan al-Safa' as the main subject of his attention. The only complete translation of the Rasa'il into a Western language, to this day, still remains Dieterici's German translation published between 1861 and 1872." (London's Institute of Ismaili Studies) . SUBJECT(S): Neoplatonism. Cosmology -- Early works to 1800. OCLC lists fifteen copies of this edition worldwide. Bound in heavy deep red cloth, with gilt titles and decorated endpapers, together with Dieterici's "Die Sogenannte Theologie Des Aristoteles: Aus Arabischen Übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen Versehen. " Owner inscribed. Bit of edgewear and soil to cover; interior clean and tight. Very good condition. (SW-2) (ID #15585) $400.00.

86. • Fajjumi, Saadja. translated by Julius Fürst. EMUNOT WE-DEOT ODER GLAUBENSLEHRE UND PHILOSOPHIE VON SAADJA FAJJUMI. Liepzig: Otto Wigand, 1845. Cloth; 16mo. Xii, 492 pages. Interleaved. First volume of "Die jüdischen Religionsphilosophen des Mittelalters oder, Uebersetzungen der seit dem zehnten Jahrhundert verfassten jüdischen Religionsphilosophieen. " Includes bibliographical references. SUBJECT (S): Judaism -- Early works to 1800. Philosophy, Jewish. Philosophy, Medieval. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Rebound. Hinges loose. Some marginalia in pencil and ink. Chipping to flyleaves. Good condition. (SW-4) (ID #15612) $60.00.

87. • Güdemann, Moritz. GESCHICHTE DES ERZIEHUNGSWESENS UND DER CULTUR DER JUDEN IN FRANKREICH UND DEUTSCHLAND, VON DER BEGRÜNDUNG DER JÜDISCHEN WISSENSCHAFT IN DIESEN LÄNDERN BIS ZUR VERTREIBUNG DER JUDEN AUS FRANKREICH (X.-XIV. JAHRHUNDERT) . Vienna: Alfred Holder, 1880. Half cloth; 8vo. Iv, 299 pages. In German. Series: Geschichte des erziehungswesens und der cultur der abendländischen Juden während des mittelalters und der neueren zeit. Bibliographical references. Errata. Güdemann was chief rabbi of Vienna at the turn of the century, who "especially distinguished himself by his investigations into the history of Jewish education and culture. " He was opposed to Zionism's tendency to stress nationalism rather than the religious character of Judaism. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- Education. Jews -- Intellectual life. Jews -- Social life and customs. Jews -- France -- History. Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1096-1800. Edgeworn; backstrip missing. Pages dark and brittle. Good condition. (GR-6-10) (ID #15925) $90.00.

88. • Horovitz, S. DIE PSYCHOLOGIE BEI DEN JÜDISCHEN RELIGIONS-PHILOSOPHEN DES MITTELALTERS VON SAADIA BIS MAIMUNI. HEFT I, DIE PSYCHOLOGIE SAADIAS. Breslau: Th. Schatzky, 1898. Half cloth; 8vo. Vi, 286 pages. In German. Marbled boards. Heft I of IV. Includes bibliographical references. Series: Jahres-Bericht des jüdisch-theologischen Seminars Fraenckel'scher Stiftung; 1898. Horovitz was a "scholar of talmudic literature and medieval religious philosophy...who had a comprehensive knowledge of Jewish lore and of Latin, Greek, and Arabic, [and who] made a significant contribution to Jewish and Islamic philosophical studies. [His work] is distinguished not by its quantity but by its maturity and solidity. " (Moshe David Herr, EJ) SUBJECT(S): Judaism -- Psychology. Philosophy, Jewish. OCLC lists 4 copies worldwide (UMaryland, Princeton, NY Public Library, UFlorida) . Has been rebound, preserving original boards. Very good condition. (GR-5-6) (ID #15905) $100.00.

89. • Krautheimer, Richard. MITTELALTERLICHE SYNAGOGEN. Berlin: Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, 1927. Cloth; 8vo. 284 pages. 100 illustrations, including plans. Notes, index, and bibliography. A survey of the medieval synagogue, particularly in Germany, by a noted art historian. 19 synagogues profiled. In German. SUBJECT (S): Synagogues. Architecture, Jewish. Church architecture. Architecture religieuse. Synagogues. Damp stained. Binding excellent; interior in good condition. (GR-07A-12) (ID #16060) $125.00. 

90. • Neumark, David. GESCHICHTE DER JÜDISCHEN PHILOSOPHIE DES MITTELALTERS. VOL I ONLY]. Berlin: Georg reimer, 1907. Wrappers; large 8vo. Xxiv, 611 pages. In German. This is the first volume of a two-volume set issued in three books. Contents: 1. Band: Die Grundprinzipien I: 1. Buch. Einleitung. 2. Buch. Materie und Form. Neumark was a rabbi, scholar, and professor of philosophy at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati from 1907 to 1924. "In 1919 Neumark founded The Journal of Jewish Lore and Philosophy, which became The Hebrew Union College Annual in 1921. Neumark's philosophy of Judaism is representative of the Reform Jewish position of his time, and includes the following points: Judaism is an evolving religion which has undergone change in the past and will continue to do so in the future; the vital continuing element in Judaism is ethical monotheism, which Jewish philosophy must defend, explicate, and refine; the Bible was written by men, and while it is a source of inspiration and instruction, it is not binding and may be disagreed with. Neumark was unusual among the Reformists of his day in that he was an ardent Zionist. However, on the basis of his philosophy of Judaism, he insisted that Zionism must have a religious base, which for him was the only raison d'etre for any significant Jewish enterprise. Neumark's scholarship reflected his concept of Judaism. He attempted in his many works to show that throughout the evolution of Judaism the basic commitment of the Jew was to religion, and that the Jews remained true to Judaism through the ages only because their concepts of God and morality differed from and were superior to all other religions and philosophies of their time. Neumark's magnum opus, Geschichte der juedischen Philosophie des Mittelalters (1907-10; translated into Hebrew under the title Toledot ha-Filosofyah be-Yisrael, vol 1, 1922, vol. 2, 1929) , combines considerable acumen and occasional penetrating insights with a lack of critical method and an excess of imagination. " (Alvin J. Reines, EJ) SUBJECT(S): Philosophy, Jewish. Philosophy, Medieval. Ex-library. Front wrapper and spine chipping; spine cracked. Sunned. Most pages still uncut. Interior in very good condition. (GR-3-13) (ID #16005) $50.00.

91. • Rosin, David. EIN COMPENDIUM DER JÜDISCHEN GESETZESKUNDE AUS DEM VIERZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT. Breslau: F. W. Jungfer, 1871. Cloth; 8vo. 136, vii pages. In German. Bibliographical references. Series: Jahresbericht des jüdisch-theologischen Seminars "Fraenckel'scher Stiftung. " Rosin was a rabbi and author. "While not a voluminous writer and original thinker, Rosin did his literary work with an exemplary accuracy of detail and in perfect sympathy with his subject. To his numerous disciples he was a kind friend and adviser. In his religious attitude he was strictly conservative, a true disciple of Michael Sachs (whose admirer he was) ; and he was at the same time broad-minded and tolerant of the opinions of others. " (Isidore Singer and Gotthard Deutsch, JE) SUBJECT(S): Commandments, Six hundred and thirteen. Sefer ha-hinukh. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Rebound. Very good condition. (GR-6-9) (ID #15924) $125.00.

92. • (Schechter, Solomon) Berliner, A. AUS DEM LEBEN DER DEUTSCHEN JUDEN IM MITTELALTER, ZUGLEICH ALS BEITRAG FÜR DEUTSCHE CULTURGESCHICHTE. NACH GEDRUCKTEN UND UNGEDRUCKTEN QUELLEN. Berlin: Poppelauer, 1900. Second (revised and enlarged) edition. Cloth; 8vo. Iv, 142 pages. Gilt titles; decorative endpapers. In German. Appendix and index. Berliner was a scholar and author with a vast knowledge of rabbinic literature and of ancient and modern languages. He was editor for many years of the Magazin fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums (with a Hebrew supplement, Ozar Tov) . Aus dem Leben der deutschen Juden im Mittelalter, originally published in 1861, is a history of German Jewry. (EJ) SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Germany. Jews -- Social life and customs. Middle Ages. Solomon Schhechter's copy, with his bookplate presenting it to JTS. Schechter was a rabbinic scholar and president of JTS. "His fame rests on the scholarly recovery of the Cairo Genizah. It created a sensation in the world of scholarship, and in its wake Jewish history and the history of Mediterranean society were and are being rewritten. " (EJ) Some warping and wrinkling due to water damage, and red boards have bled a bit. This copy survived water damage from the great JTS fire. Binding tight and text clean. Overall good condition. (GR-4-2) (ID #16018) $150.00.

93. • Zimmels, H. J. RABBI DAVID IBN ABI SIMRA (RDBS): EIN BEITRAG ZUR KULTURGESCHICHTE DER JUDEN IN DER TURKEI IM 16. JAHRHUNDERT AUF GRUND SEINER GUTACHTEN. Breslau, 1932. Half cloth; 8vo. 60 pages. In German. Text on title page "1. Teil. Leben und Lebenswerk; " however, no more published. Includes bibliographical references. Zimmels, a rabbi and scholar, "lectured from 1929 to 1933 at the Juedisch-Theologisches Seminar, Breslau, and from 1934 to 1939 was rabbi of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, Vienna. Zimmels left Austria for England after the Nazi Anschluss in 1938 and in 1944 was appointed lecturer in Bible, Talmud, and Jewish history at Jews' College London. He became director of studies in 1961, and was principal 1964-69." (Alexander Tobias, EJ) SUBJECT(S): David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra, fl. 1513-1573. OCLC lists 8 copies worldwide. Later binding. Lower right corner a little bumped. Pages brown. Very good condition. (SW-5-22) (ID #15643) $50.00.

94. • Zunz, Leopold. DIE SYNAGOGALE POESIE DES MITTELALTERS. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1855. First edition. Quarter leather; 8vo. 491 pages. Marbled edges; raised bands. In German. Contents: Psalmen. --Leiden. --Piut, Selicha. --Selicha-Dichter. --Zwei neuere Jahrhunderte. --Beilagen, 26 Nummern. --Zwei Verzeichnisse. Leopold Zunz was "founder of the modern 'science of Judaism' and pioneer in the history of Jewish literature, religious poetry, and the ritual of the synagogue; born at Detmold Aug. 10, 1794; died at Berlin March 18, 1886...The Synagogale Poesie des Mittelalters was published March 2, 1855, and discussed the various kinds of poetry incorporated in the Jewish services, their external forms, their inner motive, and the circumstances, hopes, experiences, and sufferings that had evoked them. To trace the development of the Hebrew language in these monuments of the Jewish spirit was another of the preoccupations of Zunz, who showed, especially in his introductory chapter, that he who woke to new life the Jewish hymnal handled the German tongue with a mastership equaled only by the greatest writers, while his German translations helped to illustrate and vitalize the story. This introductory chapter has, indeed, become a classic, George Eliot deeming its phrases worthy of incorporation in Daniel Deronda. Under the necessity of abbreviating the services at public worship the piyyutim had been attacked for years by those who strove for a reform of the ritual. Zunz's work gave the proof that these hymns were the slow accretion of centuries and were unequal in value. Yet, on the other hand, his book showed what wealth of feeling and fervor of faith lay hidden in these outbursts of lament, penitence, and expectancy. He demonstrated that the jewel-casket of the medieval Synagogue contained many a priceless gem in addition to several of inferior value. " (Isidore Singer & Emil G. Hirsch, JE) SUBJECT(S): Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew -- History and criticism. Judaism -- Liturgy. Jews. Liturgy and ritual, Selihot. OCLC lists 24 copies worldwide. Original binding. Bit of foxing. Edgeworn; 1/2" of backstrip gone. Owner inscribed; bookplate and notations in ink on inside front cover. Interior very good condition. (GR-1-3) (ID #15966) $200.00.


MYSTICISM

95. • Blau, Ludwig. DAS ALTJÜDISCHE ZAUBERWESEN. Budapest, 1898. Half cloth; 8vo. Viii, 167, 32 pages. In German. Series: Jahresbericht der Landes-Rabbinerschule in Budapest für das Schuljahr 1897-98. Includes bibliographical references. "Blau was a prolific Jewish scholar who contributed to almost every aspect of Jewish learning. He was a regular contributor to most of the Jewish and non-Jewish scholarly periodicals dedicated to theology and philology. His bibliography includes 887 items and in the Zsid\ Szemle he reviewed 1, 383 books. " (Alexander Scheiber, EJ) SUBJECT(S): Magic, Semitic. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (UMichigan, JNUL, London Library) . Usual age staining; spine broken. Text in good condition. (SW-5-28) (ID #15649) $75.00.

96. • Tholuck, August, Ed. and Trans. WICHTIGE STELLEN DES RABBINISCHEN BUCHES SOHAR IM TEXT UND MIT UEBERSETZUNG, NEBST EINIGEN ANMERKUNGEN. Berlin: Commission bei F. Dümmler, 1824. Cloth; 12mo. Vi, 74 pages. Marbled boards and edges. In German and Hebrew in parallel columns. The Zohar is the sacred text of the Kabbalah. OCLC lists 11 copies worldwide. Ex-library. Has been rebound. Bookplate of Harry Friedenwald on inside front cover. Friedenwald was an opthamologist and professor; member of a distinguished family of doctors and Jewish communal leaders. Very good condition. (GR-5-9) (ID #15909) $135.00.

97. • Vital, Hayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 3-1620) Bloch, Chajim. LEBENSERINNERUNGEN DES KABBALISTEN VITAL. 1862. Wien: Vernay-Verlag, 1927. Cloth, 12mo, 179 pages. 19 cm. INSCRIBED IN HEBREW BY BLOCH ON FRONT ENDPAPER. In German. Translation of: Sefer ha-hezyonot. Includes bibliographical references on pages 176-177. R' Chayim Bloch (full name R' Moshe Chayim Ephraim Bloch) was a member of a family of scholars and rabbis from Delatyn and neighboring Nadworna. He was a descendant of the early Chassidic author, Moshe Chayim Ephraim of Sudilkov, a grandson of the Ba'al Shem Tov. R' Bloch studied in Yeshiva, and until World War I was a wealthy businessman in Delatyn. When the Russians invaded he moved to Vienna with his wife and children. In 1915, he was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army, and served in the trenches for 9 months, until he succumbed to illness. On release from the hospital, he served as chaplain to the Jewish prisoners in a prisoner of war camp. R' Bloch continued to observe kashrut during his military service, despite the extreme difficulty. It was during this period that he wrote Der Golem and also a diary, published as Kriegstagebuch Eines Juden (War Diary of a Jew). In 1939 he moved to New York where he remained until his death. SUBJECT(S): Rabbis -- Israel -- Tsefat -- Biography. Cabala. Dreams -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Spine rebacked, original boards preserved, Good Condition. (G-1-23) (ID #16046) $75.00.

COMMUNITY HISTORIES

98. • (Breslau) Tictin, S. A. DARSTELLUNG DES SACHVERHÄLTNISSES IN SEINER HIESIGEN RABBINATS-ANGELEGENHEIT. Breslau: Heinrich Richter, 1842. Half cloth; large 8vo. 31 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S): Jews -- Poland -- Wroclaw. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Stanford, UPenn, Free Library of Philadelphia) . Bound with BERICHT DES OBER-VORSTEHER-COLLEGII AN DIE MITGLIEDER DER HIESIGEN ISRAELITEN-GEMEINDE ÜBER DIE GEGENWARTIG VORLIEGENDE RABBINATS-ANGELEGENHEIT. Breslau, 1842. 18 pages. In German. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Also bound with ZWEITER BERICHT DES OBER-VORSTEHER-COLLEGII AN DIE MITGLIEDER DER HIESIGEN ISRAELITEN-GEMEINDE ÜBER DIE GEGENWÄRTIG VORLIEGENDE RABBINATS-ANGELEGENHEIT. Breslau: Leo