Item 9729. DIE CHRONIK DES ACHIMAAZ VON ORIA (850-1054) . EIN BEITRAG ZUR GESCHICHTE DER JUDEN IN SÜDITALIEN

DIE CHRONIK DES ACHIMAAZ VON ORIA (850-1054) . EIN BEITRAG ZUR GESCHICHTE DER JUDEN IN SÜDITALIEN

Frankfurt A. /M. , J. Kauffmann, 1896. Item #37778

1st Edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 50 pages ; 23 cm. In German. Title Translates Into English as, “Chronicle Of Ahimaaz ben Paltiel (850-1054) . A Contribution To The History Of The Jews In Southern Italy. ” “David Kaufmann (1852 –1899) was a Jewish-Austrian scholar born at Kojetín, Moravia (now in the Czech Republic) . From 1861 to 1867 he attended the gymnasium at Kromeríž, Moravia, where he studied the Bible and Talmud with Jacob Brüll, rabbi of Kojetín, and with the latter's son Nehemiah. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) Kaufmann was a prolific and influential thinker who wrote on many subjects including Philosophy of Religion, Art, and Jewish History. This was one of his last published works. It deals with the famous chronical of Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, “which, though intended merely to glorify his own immediate ancestors, gives much important information in regard to the history of the early Jewish settlements in such towns as Oria, Bari, Otranto, Gaeta, Benevento, Capua, Amalfi, in southern Italy, and Pavia in northern Italy. ” (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Italy. Paper Browning. Some wear and cracks to pages along the edges with no text affected. A few pages unopened. Good condition. (GER-58-36).

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