YISRAEL BA-GOLAH : MEKOROT U-TE`UDOT. VOLUME 2.
Tel Aviv : Devir. 1926. Item #24425
(FT) 8vo. 224-478 pages. In Hebrew. Volume two only. SUBJECT(S) : Jews - history - 70-1789; Jewish Diaspora. SERIES: Toldot Yisrael ; ; kerekh 5-6; Variation: Dinur, Ben Zion, ; 1884-1973.; Toldot Yisrael mi-reshit yeme Yisrael `ad yamenu elah, ; kerekh 5. Dinur (1884-1973) , a graduate of Petrograd University, was a teacher and historian. He was also an activist who put his political views into practice; after emigrating to Palestine in 1921, he taught at the Hebrew University, was a founder of the periodicals Kirjath Sepher and Zion, wrote histories from a Zionist perspective, and was elected to the First Knesset. As a minister of education, he was responsible for the 1953 State Education Law. In 1973, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his life-long educational efforts. (EJ, 2007) Covers edgeworn, hinges repaired, pages tanned and fragile, good- condition. (HebLit-4-23).
Price: $100.00