Item 5880. ISRAEL UND DIE VÖLKER: NACH JÜDISCHER LEHRE.

ISRAEL UND DIE VÖLKER: NACH JÜDISCHER LEHRE.

Berlin & Vienna: Benjamin Harz, 1922. Item #28616

Lii, 830 pages. In German. Half-title: Israel und die Völker nach jüdischer Lehre mit berücksichtigung sämtlicher antisemitischer Textfälschungen in Talmud, Schulchan Aruch, Sohar und anderen rabbinischen und kabbalistischen Schriften auf Grund der dem Wiener Landesgericht aus Anlass des Prozesses Rohling contra block 1885 erstateten schriftlichen Gutachten der in Eid genommenen sachverständigen Professor Dr. Theodor Nöldeke und lic. Theol. Dr. August Wünsche systematisch dargestellt ... "Dieses Buch ... Intendiert ... Die Dienste eines Kompendiums für jüdische Apologetik zu leisten. "--p. Lii. Bibliography: p. 791-797. Bloch was a rabbi, publicist, and politician in Austria. "During the Tisza-Eszlar blood libel trial in 1883, when August Rohling undertook to attest on oath that Jews practiced ritual murder, Bloch attacked him in the press. He challenged Rohling's competence as a scholar, accused him of lying, and offered him 3, 000 florins for translating a random page of the Talmud. Rohling was forced to sue Bloch for libel, but after two years' investigations withdrew his action 13 days before the trial was due to open....Israel und die Voelker (1922; Israel and the Nations, 1927) [is a compendium of apologetics] based on the evidence of the experts in connection with the Rohling trial. " (Meir Lamed, EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- Apologetic works. Antisemitism. Judaism -- Controversial literature -- History and criticism. Rohling, August, 1839-1931. Very good condition. Ex-libris Nast Theological Seminary and Stanley Dreyfus. Light wear to edges. A beautiful copy. (GER-35-5).

Price: $100.00