DAS PROTOKOLLBUCH DER LANDJUDENSCHAFT DES HERZOGTUMS KLEVE. ERSTER TEIL: DIE GESCHICHTE DER LANDJUDENSCHAFT DES HERZOGTUMS KLEVE.
Berlin : C. A. Schwetschke & Sohn. 1922. Item #18764
8vo. Ix, 161 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : German language; Jews – Cleve (Duchy) ; Jews – Germany. Baer (1888-1980) studied philosophy, classical philology, and history (the latter under Heinrich Finke) at the universities of Berlin, Strasbourg, and Freiburg. He was research associate of the Akademie fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin; in 1928 he was appointed lecturer and in 1930 professor of medieval Jewish history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; from 1932 to 1945 he was professor of general medieval history, and served from 1930 to 1959 as head of the university's department of Jewish history. He was also one of the founders and editors of the Jewish historical review Zion; a coeditor of the "Historiographical Library" and Sefer ha-Yishuv; took a leading part in the Israel Historical Society; was one of the 20 founding members of the Israel Academy of Sciences; contributed important articles to the German Encyclopaedia Judaica and its Hebrew counterpart (Eshkol) . (Dinaburg in EJ) Cover faded and chipped, tear at bottom of spine. Good condition. (GER-14-5) .
Price: $175.00