ISRAEL UND DIE VÖLKER: NACH JÜDISCHER LEHRE.
Berlin & Vienna: Benjamin Harz, 1922. Item #37184
Lii, 830 pages. In German. 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. Light wear to edges. Very good condition. (GER-35-5A) xx.
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