Item 40801A SYNOPSIS OF JEWISH HISTORY FROM THE RETURN OF THE JEWS FROM THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY, TO THE DAYS OF HEROD THE GREAT; GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT SECTS OF THOSE DAYS, THE INTRODUCTION AND USE OF SYNAGOGUES AND SCHOOLS, THE ORIGIN AND INTRODUCTION OF PRAYER AMONG THE JEWS, THE UREEM AND THUMEEN, THE MISHNA OR ORAL LAW, THE GEMARA-COMPLETION, USUALLY STYLED THE TALMUD
San Francisco: Towne & Bacon, 1859. 1st edition. Original gilt-stamped publisher’s cloth, 12mo, 187 pages. Greenwood, California Imprints 1089; Singerman 1577. Rare early San Francisco imprint for use in Synagogues and Jewish schools, appearing just following the California Gold Rush. The author was the "Rabbi Preacher of Congregation Sherith Israel..... More