Der Islam. Aus dem Englischen übertragen
Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Veragsbuchhandlung, Harrwitz und Großmann, 1873. Softcover. 8vo. vi, 80pp. Original wrappers missing. Work on Islam. Written by renowned Jewish-German Orientalist Emanuel (sometimes spelled Immanuel) Oscar Menahem Deutsch (see below). Front Wrapper missing, with rear wrapper starting to split but still attached. Binding still tight. Browning throughout. Otherwise clean and tight. In German, translated from the English. Binding in poor, interior in good condition. fair. Item #20140
On the author (Source: Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition): Deutsch, Immanuel Oscar Menahem (1829-1873), German oriental scholar, was born on the 28th of October 1829, at Neisse in Prussian Silesia, of Jewish extraction. On reaching his sixteenth year he began his studies at the university of Berlin, paying special attention to theology and the Talmud. He also mastered the English language and studied English literature. In 1855 Deutsch was appointed assistant in the library of the British Museum. He worked intensely on the Talmud and contributed no less than 190 papers to Chambers's Encyclopaedia, in addition to essays in Kitto's and Smith's Biblical Dictionaries, and articles in periodicals. In October 1867 his article on " The Talmud," published in the Quarterly Review, made him known. It was translated into French, German, Russian, Swedish, Dutch and Danish. He died at Alexandria on the 12th of May 1873. His Literary Remains, edited by Lady Strangford, were published in 1874, consisting of nineteen papers on such subjects as "The Talmud," "Islam," "Semitic Culture," "Egypt, Ancient and Modern," "Semitic Languages," "The Targums," "The Samaritan Pentateuch," and "Arabic Poetry."
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