Baruch, S [Adolph S. Oko]

PROF. DAVID NEUMARK, PH. D. AND "MR." HUSIK [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]

No Place, No Publisher. 1917. Item #31433

Original Wraps. 8vo. 14 pages. 23 cm. First Edition. #86 of 100 copies printed for private distribution. Inscribed by author – “Compliments of by A. S. Oko”. Adolph S. Oko, (1883–1944) , librarian at Hebrew Union College and expert on Spinoza. Our edition includes laid in, folded quarto sized leaf, taped into the hinge, a review of Husik’s work, “Medieval Jewish Philosophy”, written by David Neumark, originally printed in the American Jewish Chronicle. “Prof. David Neumark, Ph. D. And ‘Mr. ’ Husik” is a criticism of D. Neumark's review of I. Husik’s ‘A History of mediaeval Jewish philosophy’; written by Oko under a pseudonym, privately printed and distributed, befitting such a charged discussion, as the author states: Neumark’s “article does more than accuse Husik of dilettantism, plagiarism and charlatanry; it is mean-spirited and even malicious. Indeed, for unblushing ferocity, for delight in revenge, for bad manners, one will hardly find anything to equal to it in the history of American scholarship. ” (pg. 3) . Subjects: Polemics. Academia. Husik. OCLC lists 6 copies (YU, GWU, LSU, Harvard, Penn, Nat Lib Israel) , none west of the Mississippi. Clean and fresh. Very Good+ condition. A beautiful inscribed copy of an important work. (AMR-39-40).

Price: $300.00