YESODE HA-DAT: KOLEL ‘IKRE HA-EMUNAH ‘IM RASHE HA-MITSVOT VE-HOVOT HA-ADAM: LE-HANEKH BA-HEM NA’ARE BENE YISRAEL BE-RESHIT LIMUDAM
Vin [Wien, Vienna], Gedrukt Bai Anton Shmid, 1823. Item #38473
Brown and red boards. 8vo. 227 pages; 21 cm. In Hebrew with some German. William Rosenau’s copy with his ownership signature Title translates to “Primary Religion: Includes Basic Tenets of the Heads of Human Commandments and Obligations to Educate Them Young Men of Israel in the Early Modem. ” Judah Leib Ben Ze’ev, a “grammarian and lexicographer, ” was “the first Jewish scholar to apply Western research methods to the study of Hebrew. Born near Cracow, Ben Ze’ev received a traditional Jewish education, but covertly, on his own, studied Hebrew philology and secular subjects. He belonged to the group of Polish-Jewish writers that published Ha-Me’assef, a literary organ in the spirit of the early Hasklalah” (Jewishvirtuallibrary.org 2017) . SUBJECT(S) : Judaism-Works to 1900, Early Works. OCLC lists 6 holdings worldwide. Significant pencil and pen markings on title page. Some edgewear. Moderate staining. Slight toning. Very good- condition. (GER-51-82).
Price: $100.00