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Boston, S. E. Cassino And Co., 1886. 1st edition. Original publisher's cloth, Hardcover 8vo, 2 + L. + vii-xi, 290 pages. 19 cm. Singerman 3490. Schindler (1842–1915) , was a “U. S. Reform rabbi and social worker. Schindler, born in Neisser, Silesia, the son of an Orthodox rabbi, was sent..... More
London, Williams And Norgate, 1886. Hardcover, large 8vo. , iv, 188 pages. In English. Note (s) : Translated from the French translation of Schwab. / No more published. / Includes bibliographical references. Includes index, biblical concordance, and table of geographical and proper names. (pages 175 - 188) . BOUND WITH..... More
Montreal : Picard. 1996. 8vo. Xvii, 277 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – Europe – history; Christianity and other religions – Judaism; Judaism – relations – Christianity. CONTENTS: A new world-view; Messianism; Christianity (almost) triumphant; Mediaeval grandeur and decline; A new dawn? ; Jews on trial; Prelude to..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1987. Hardcover, Folio, 173 pages, illustrated, some color, 36 cm. SUBJECT (S) ; Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. Bible. O. T. -- Illustrations. Translation of: La bible hebraique. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 165-167. Illuminated manuscripts on each page. In..... More
Varsha: Ha-Or, 1906. (FT) Hardcover, 12mo, 26, 12, 12, 15, 18, 18, 36 pages, 15 cm. In Hebrew. Series: Sha’ashuim, Bibliotekah menukedet la-tinokot ; ; 2. SUBJECT(S) : Rabbis -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Named Person: Elijah ben Solomon, 1720-1797. Cover title. Ex-library with usual markings..... More
Offenbach : [Tzvi Hirsch Spitz & Son], 1802. First edition with commentary. Period boards. 8vo. 32 pages. 19cm. In Hebrew. Title roughly translates to “On the construction of the Tabernacle. ” Originally published together with Mishpatei Shavu’oth (Venice, 1602) , but here with commentary for the first time, this minor..... More
Odessa: Bi-Defus Isokovits U-Belinson, 1903. Hardcover, Folio, 128 pages, 34 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Responsa -- 1800-1948. Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, 1488-1575. Shulhan 'Arukh. Includes also biography of the author by his grandson, Mosheh Mishel Shemuel Shapira. Other Titles: Hemdat Sha’ul; Sekhiyot ha-hemdah. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide..... More
Berditshov: Ba-Defus Shel H. Y. Sheftil, 1906. Period boards, 8vo, 154 pages, 18cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Weights and Measures: For Torah Lessons that are Written and Oral. Coins, Measurements, and Weights from Conversations and Times - Arranged Alphabetically. ” Rav Sheftel (1844-1905) was Galician rabbi who, rubbed shoulders..... More
London; Bi-Defus “ha-Express”, 1910. Original Cloth. 8vo. 109 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. The letter of R. Sherira, gaon. Sherira ben Hanina Gaon (c. 906–1006) , “gaon of Pumbedita from 968–1006. … Sherira was among the most prolific writers of responsa. One inquiry addressed to him by Jacob..... More
Jerusalem; S. Zuckerman, [1913]. Later boards. 8vo. [46] pages. 25 cm. First edition. First Issue. The Book Mashbiach. By Moses Simeon Sivitz, Rabbi in Pittsburgh. Commentary on the Jerusalem Talmud. Volume 1. Published in Jerusalem by Samuel Halevi Zuckerman in 5673 [1913]. The second volume was later published by Moinester..... More
Tel-Aviv, Hotsaat “keneset”, 1958. Original cover, 8vo, 389 pages, 25 cm. In Hebrew. Series: Beer ha-H? Asidut; Variation: Steinman, Eliezer. Beer ha-H? Asidut. SUBJECT (S) : Hasidim -- Ukraine -- Biography. Hasidim -- Legends. Hasidism. Baal Shem Tov, ca. 1700-1760. Steinman (1892-1970) was a “Hebrew writer. Born in Obodovka, Steinman..... More
Berlin, J. Rosenberg, 1847. Softcover, 12mo, 114 pages, 18 cm. In German. Contents: Parabeln, Erzahlungen, Makamen u. dgl. -- Kleinere Gedichte, Epigramme, Gnomen -- Erlauterungen und Parallelen -- Notzien uber Schriftsteller und Schriften. SUBJECT(S): Hebrew poetry -- Translations into German. German poetry -- Translations from Hebrew. Translations from medieval Hebrew..... More
Breslau, Selbstverlag Des Verfassers, 1915. Original Cloth. 8vo. IV, 402 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In German, with some Hebrew. 'Talmudic Education as a Guide: for the Contemporary School and Home. ' Self published by the author. Subjects: Jews - Education. Talmud. Talmud - Study and teaching. Jewish religious schools..... More
Guzlova [Yevapatoria]: [No Publisher], 1857. 1st edition. 8vo. 226 pages, 23 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to "Door of Hope: On the Grammar of the Holy Language. " Sultansky (1772-1862) was a Crimean Karaite Torah Hakham. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Karaite sect. He claimed..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman, 1848. 1st edition, original cloth boards, 8vo, viii pages, 243, 242, [2] leaves; 24 cm. In Hebrew and English. Hebrew and English on facing pages with duplicate foliation. Singerman 1024. Rosenbach 636, Deinard 959, Goldman-Kinsberg 37. Vinograd, Philadelphia 18. The first English translation of the..... More
![Item 266924. MASEKHET KETUBOT MIN TALMUD BAVLI: 'IM KOL HA-MEFARSHIM KA-ASHER NIDPAS MI-KODEM VE-'IM HOSAFOT HADASHOT KI-MEVO'AR BA-SHA'AR HA-SHENI. [VOL 8: TRACTATE KETUBOT FROM THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD] [KETUVOT]](https://danwymanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/42534.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1712583369)
Munich: Vaad Hatzala, 1948. 1st printing thus, with introductory materials. Original printied boards, 8vo, [6] + 290 + 90 pages. 21 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “Tractate Ketubot from the Babylonian Talmud.” 19 volumes, comprising the entire Babylonian Talmud, were published, this being Vol. 8 for Ketubot. Published and..... More
Buenos Aires: H. Y. Villa, 1936. First edition. Original boards. 8vo. 162 pages, 22 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “She’eh Nivi on Pirkei Avot. ” Rabbi Yekutiel Weiss (1861-1941) was Hungarian-born rabbi who was known for his scholarly works on the Talmud. Many of his works were later published..... More
Paris : J. Vrin. 1947. Small 4to. Viii, 244 pages. In French. SUBJECT (S) : Philosophy, Jewish; Philosophy, Medieval. SERIES: Études de philosophie médiévale, ; 35. Vajda was a “French Arabist and Hebraist. Born in Budapest, he went to Paris in 1928. From 1936 to 1960 he was a professor..... More
Firenze, Filippo Giunta, 1592. Period limp vellum, 4to, (215 x 145 mm) ; [24], 426, [46] pages. In Italian. With nice initial letters. Title translates as "On the Lives of Inventors of Things, Book Eight. " Typographic label on the frontpage (sporadic bruniture, some flowers) . Second Italian edition of..... More
Oxford, The Oxford Centre For Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, 1982. Original Softcover. 8vo. Xvi, 600 pages. Ill. Port. 24 cm. In English, French and German. S“Yadin (1917–1984) was an Israeli archaeologist; second chief of staff, and politician, member of the Ninth Knesset. ” (EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic..... More
Oxford, The Oxford Centre For Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, 1982. Original Softcover. 8vo. Xvi, 600 pages. Ill. Port. 24 cm. In English, French and German. S“Yadin (1917–1984) was an Israeli archaeologist; second chief of staff, and politician, member of the Ninth Knesset. ” (EJ) SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic..... More
Leipzig; Oskar Leiner, 1864. FT) Clothbound. 12mo.106 pages. 19 cm. First edition. In German. Later half leather over marbled boards. “The ban in its historic developments on the grounds of Judaism”, a study on excommunication in Talmudic law published under the auspices of the Institute for the Advancement of Israelite..... More
Behrman House, 1977. ISBN: 0874412625. ISBN-13: 9780874412628. Paperback, 12mo, 64 pages. Wolfson (1887-1974) was born in Belorussia, and emigrated to the Unites States in 1903. He attended Harvard, and then became a member of its faculty in 1915. He was a member of the American Academy for Jewish Research, the..... More
Jerusalem/New York: American Academy for Jewish Research, 1965. 1st edition. Originnal publisher's Cloth. 8vo. 446 + 274 pages. Contains illustration and portraits. Wolfson (1887-1974) was a historian of philosophy. "Wolfson-whose writings are marked by a mastery of the philosophic literature in the several languages in which it was written, penetrating..... More
Bialystok, Bi-defus Aharon ha-Levi Horovits, 1806. 1st edition, later boards, square 8vo, 24 leaves (48 pages) . A gathering of the gaonim, including Rabbi Yehoshua Heshil of Krakow, on various issues. SUBJECT(S): Responsa. OCLC: 56422845.Bindstamp to title page, stains, some worming, Good Condition. (Rab-66-20). More