Judaism: Its Doctrines and Duties
Cincinnati: Office of the Israelite, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Sm. octavo. 83pp. Blind-embossed brown cloth with title in gold on cover. Bookplate of Beth Israel Temple, Amy R. Goldsmith Library, on inside of front board. Check out sheet and library card pocket pasted inside rear endpapers. "As a literary production this little book shows: 1. There is a religion without mysteries or miracles, rational and self-evident. 2. This rational religion is taught in the Bible, called, in the Gentile phraseology, the Old Testament. 3. This scriptural and rational religion is Judaism. 4. Judaism, in its doctrines and duties, is eminently humane, universal, liberal, and progressive; in perfect harmony with modern science, criticism, and philosophy, and in full sympathy with universal liberty, equality, justice, and charity." Split along joints on front and back board. Some staining and age wear on boards. Front cover crudely reinforced with yellow tape along gutter at endpapers. Offsetting on title-page and blank leaf in rear. Binding in fair, interior in very good condition. g. Item #26057
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