Gedenkbuch zur Erinnerung an David Kaufmann [German]
Breslau: Schles. Verlags-Anstalt v. S. Schottlaender, 1900. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth. Hebrew and German title pages. A collection of scholarly articles in German and Hebrew published in memory of R. David Kaufmann, one of the main teachers and the librarian of the Rabbinical Seminary of Budapest, who passed away the year before. Kaufmann was a pioneering scholar in the field of Jewish art, arguing that ancient Judaism was not strictly opposed to images. Among the authors are Samuel Poznanski, Leopold Löwenstein and Hermann Cohen. Includes a biography of Kaufmann as well as articles about R. David Oppenheimer, Judah ibn Tibbon and Jewish settlement in Eastern Europe. Text in German and Hebrew. Binding is starting, but still intact. Overall in good- condition. g-. Item #36410
Price: $200.00