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Boston: Privately Printed [Updike], 1940. Illustrated by Frontis Portraitn & Facsims. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo; 43 pages; Period boards. 8vo., 43 pages, 22 cm. Privately printed by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount press "This tells of the publication of the first Jewish sermon to have been bothdelivered and printed in..... More
Berlin: Devir. 1923. Hardcover. (FT) 12mo. 205 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Correspondence. "Frischmann (1859-1922) [was] one of the first major writers in modern Hebrew literature. Versatile and prolific in his literary creativity, Frischmann was an innovator in style and in the treatment of his subject, especially in the Hebrew..... More
Breslau; H. Fleischmann, 1907. Original Wraps. 8vo. VII, 149 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In German and Hebrew. 'Pesiq [Hebrew Accent Mark] as Gloss-Sign' Dissertation for the University of Leipzig. Hugo Fuchs (1878-1949) “studied philology and history at the universities of Berlin and Leipzig, receiving his doctorate from the University..... More
Paperback. Zurich: Verlag der Loge Al Hamischmar, 1918. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 16 pages. Description of contents. Front cover detached, smudged and chipped but present. Rear cover creased, chipped and age-spotted. Mild age spotting to edges of some pages as well as minor chipping. Top of first page creased. Otherwise in..... More
Breslau: F. E. C. Leuckart, 1845. Hardcover, 8vo, 2 volume in 1, viii, 54, x, 135 pages, 20 cm. In German and Hebrew. Contents: 1. Abt. Lehrbuch zur Sprache der Mischnah -- 2. Abt. Lesestucke aus der Mischnah. SUBJECT(S): Descriptor: Hebrew language, Talmudic -- Grammar. Each volume has also special..... More
Winona Lake, IN : Distributed For The Dropsie College BY Eisenbrauns. 1983. Paperback. 8vo. 113 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Bible as literature; Hebrew language – parallelism; Narration in the Bible; Bible O. T. -- language, style; Bible -- language. SERIES: Jewish quarterly review. Supplement 1982; Variation: Jewish quarterly review (Philadelphia..... More
New York: The Jonathan David Company. 1951. Hardcover. 8vo. Xvi, 202 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Job, the patriarch; Bible. O. T. Job - psychology. Ex library. Occasional pencil marginalia or underlining, good condition. (RAB-21-13). More
Vaad Hatzala, Munich, 1947. Hardback. Original Boards. 12mo. 120, 194, 194 pages. 18 cm. Survivors Bible, printed by Vaad Hatzala. Pentateuch, Haftarot and Megilot with commentary of Rashi and Targum. Issued by the American Va'ad Hatzala Rescue Committee for the benefit of the She'arith Hapleitah - survivors of the Nazi..... More
Leipzig: Renger’sche Buchhandlung, 1839. Hardcover, 8vo, x, 298 pages, 21 cm. In German. Published during Gesenius’ lifetime. Edition: 12. Verb. Aufl. Series: Hebr”aisches Elementarbuch, 1. Teil; Variation: Hebraisches Elementarbuch; 1. Teil. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew language -- Grammar -- Textbooks. Text in German and Hebrew. Gesenius (1786-1842) was a “German..... More
Andover, Mass : Flagg And Gould, 1824. Hardcover, 8vo. , 715 pages. Malachi [1955] # 343; Marcus [1954] # 70. Not listed in Goldman, though he does reference it. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew language -- Dictionaries - English. English language - Dictionaries -- Hebrew. Hinge repaired. Ex-library with book pocket..... More
Ramat-Gan, Hotsa’at Universitat Bar-’ilan, 1982. Hardcover. (FT) Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. 397 pages. [3] pages of plates. Ill. Port. 25 cm. In Hebrew with added English title page: “Studies in Rabbinic Literature, Bible, and Jewish History. “Melamed (1903–1994) was an Israel talmudic scholar and philologist. He was awarded the Israel..... More
New York : Jewish Theological Seminary Of America. 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. Xiv, 92 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Bible. O. T. Daniel - criticism, interpretation, etc. SERIES: Texts and studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, ; v. 14; Variation: Jewish Theological Seminary of America. ; Texts and..... More
New York : Jewish Theological Seminary Of America. 1968. Paperback. 12mo. 25 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Bible - study and teaching. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. SERIES: Essays in Judaism series, ; no. 4. "Born in Montreal, Ginsberg [1903-1990] studied at the University of London, then went to the United..... More
New York: Jewish Theological Seminary, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; ix, 372 pages; Texts and studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America #3. In Hebrew with English preface and title page. Solomon Grayzel's copy with his attractive bookplate. Grayzel was a Russian-born U. S. Historian and communal leader. He..... More
Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1971. Hardcover. Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. Xxvi, 474 pages ills. Facsims. 23 cm. In French, English and German. “Albright (1891–1971) was a U. S. Biblical archaeologist and Semitics scholar. His students include most of the prominent archaeologists of the later 20th and early 21st century in..... More
New Haven; Yale University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 8vo. XXII, 249 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Contents: Part. 1. An introduction to Shirta. - Part 2. Shirta: A new translation with commentary. Commentary and new translation on the Shirta, the oldest complete and extant commentary on the Song at..... More
Ha-`ivrit. 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. 111, xxiv pages. In Hebrew and English. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew language. SERIES: Kitve mif`al ha-mikra shel ha-Universitah ha-`Ivrit ; ; 4; Goshen-Gottstein (1925–1991) “was a scholar of Semitic linguistics. Born in Berlin, he emigrated to Palestine in 1939. He studied at the Hebrew University of..... More
Jerusalem: Hotsaat Sefarim `al Shem Y. L. Magnes, Ha-Universitah Ha-`ivrit, 1968. Hardcover. (FT) 8VO. 435 pages. : ill. , facsims. , map. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) Jews -- Europe, Eastern. Halpern, (1910–1971) , was an Israeli historian. Halpern was born in Bialystok, Poland, emigrated to Erez Israel in 1934, began his..... More
Kiryat Ono, Israel : Neot Kedumim. 1974. Paperback. 8vo. 50 pages. Illustrated. The Gardens of Israel. Biblical quotes and documentary illustrate the many photos captioned in both English and Hebrew. Colored images. SUBJECT (S) : Nature in the Bible; Palestine – pictorial works. Very Good condition; slightly edgeworn. (BIBLE-2-20/BIBLE-1-5) xxxxx..... More
[New Haven, Conn. ]; [Tuttle, Morehouse And Taylor Co. ], 1915. Softcover. Original Wraps. 8vo. 66 pages. 23 cm. First edition. A dissertation presented to the faculty of the graduate school of Yale University, etc. Dissertation containing a comparative philological analysis of Syriac, Greek, and Latin manuscripts of translations of..... More
Tel Aviv: Omanut. 1932. Hardcover. (FT) 8vo. 70 pages. Illustrated with photo plates and maps. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Israel - history. OCLC lists no copies worldwide. Ex library. Pages tanned, good condition. (HebLit-3-4). More
New York; Cambridge University Press, 2012. Softcover. Original Wraps. 8vo. XI, 379 pages. 25 cm. First edition. “The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture proposes a new framework for reading the Bible. It shows how biblical authors used narrative and prophetic oratory to advance universal arguments about ethics, political philosophy, and metaphysics..... More
Leipzig: Baumgärtner, 1855. Quarter Leather. 8vo. 318 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Center for Judaic Studies, Jewish National and University Library) . Marbled covers and edges. Front cover detached but present. Spine cover mostly gone. Signature of previous..... More
Boston : Roberts Brothers. 1872. Hardcover. 12mo. 283 pages. Second edition. SUBJECT (S) : Bible. O. T. Genesis – criticism, interpretation, ect. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. CONTENTS: The world a divine creation; Man in the image of God; Man in Paradise; The brute creation; Paradise lost; Cain, or property..... More
New York; Alpha Press, 1921. Softcover. Original Wraps. 12mo. 62 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Hebrew with English foreword. "A reprint from the Hebrew weekly 'Haibri'. " A critical essay on the Palestinian Targum. Hayyim Heller (1878–1960) , rabbinical and biblical scholar. Heller was born in Bialystok. From 1910..... More