Schemaja: Der Schüler und Secretär Raschi's nebst Untersuchungen über Machzor Vitari und Sefer ha-Oreh, Sefer ha-Pardas. [Copy of Salo Baron]
Berlin: Calvary & Co., 1897. Reprint. Hardcover. This copy belonged to Salo W. Baron and is signed by him at the inside of front board and on title page: Salo Wittmayer Baron (1895 - 1989) was an American historian of Polish-Austrian Jewish ancestry and the most noted historian of the Jews of his generation. Baron taught at Columbia University from 1930 until his retirement in 1963.
8vo. 23pp. Half green cloth over marbled boards, with original wrappers bound in. Monograph on Schemaja [Shemaya], the pupil of renowned Bible commentator Rashi. Originally printed in the periodical "Monatsschrift" in 1857. As Abraham Berliner ("Beiträge zur Geschichte der Raschi-Commentare. Berlin: Rosenstein. 1903. p. 17) points out, this monograph is a thorough description of the relation between the pupil and his teacher, and groundbreaking in that way. Written by Rabbinical scholar Abraham Epstein (see below). Minor age wear to binding, with rippling to inside of front board, owner's name to inside of front board and on title page. Hinges starting. Free front endpaper and original front wrapper loose but present. Minor tears to edges on original front wrapper, not affecting text. Minor browning throughout, with pages brittle. In German. Overall fair condition. fair. Item #20267
Abraham Epstein (1841-1918). Russo-Austrian Rabbinical scholar. Epstein studied the works of Samuel David Luzzatto, Levinsohn and Krochmal, among others. He wrote many academic, archaeological, biographical and historical articles for the Jewish periodical press. Abraham Epstein was the possessor of a large library which contains many valuable manuscripts. (Source: Jewish Encyclopedia).
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