Auerbach, Elias

WÜSTE UND GELOBTES LAND [TWO VOLUME SET; COMPLETE]

Berlin, K. Wolff Verlag A. -G. ; Schocken Verlag, 1936. Item #38137

First edition. Original black cloth boards. 4to. XII, 307; 287 pages. 28 cm. In German. 'The Desert and Promised Land; A history of Israel from its beginning until the period of the return from Babylon. ' Owned by Lehmann. Two volume set. With 18 plates and one map in volume one; 15 plates and 2 folded coloured lithographed maps loosely inserted in rear pocket. Volume one: Geschichte Israels von den Anfängen bis zum Tode Salomos (published by Kurt Wolff Verlag) – Volume two: Geschichte Israels vom Tode Salomos bis Ezra und Nehemia (published by Schocken Verlag) . The Magnum Opus of Elias Auerbach (1882–1971) , “Israeli physician, biblical scholar, and historical writer. Auerbach emigrated from Berlin to Erez Israel in 1909 and settled in Haifa. … Wueste und Gelobtes Land (2 vols. ) , his main work, which also appeared in Hebrew as Ha-Midbar ve-Erez ha-Behirah (2 vols. , 1957–62) , a history of Israel from its beginning until the period of the return from Babylon. ” - EJ 2008. “Please read Elias Auerbach's Desert and Promised Land. There you will find in print all the daring statements you touched on in your last letter. Horeb-Sinai etc. He treats only the historical factors but that he does thoroughly and the book is based on a critical and systematic knowledge of the Bible and its sources. ” -Arnold Zweig to Sigmund Freud, March, 1935. Subjects: Jews - History - To 586 B. C. Minimal stains and slight toning. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Some dust on foredge. Very good condition. (GER-43-11A).

Price: $100.00