In Search of Hebraism: Shai Hurwitz and his Polemics in the Hebrew Press [INSCRIBED]
Brill: Leiden, 1980. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xii. 410pp. Olive cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's device on cover, gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Publisher's device on title page. Inscribed to the Hebrew literary scholar Arnold Band by Stanley Nash on front free endpaper. Laid in a two-page, typed letter, with handwritten addendum, to a colleague on official Hebrew Union College stationary touching on various professional issues and an upcoming symposium.
Work on the historic development of modern Hebrew (end of 19th, beginning of 20th century). With preface, list of abbreviations, introduction, summary chapter, list of references and index. Endpapers and inside covers with light damp-staining. Very good condition. Item #55615
ISBN: 9004062580
Stanley Nash. Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Literature. Ordained, Jewish Theological Seminary (1967). Ph. D., Columbia University (1972). Dr. Nash is Professor of Hebrew Literature at the New York campus. He has written and lectured widely on Hebrew authors such as Aharon Megged, Shulamit Hareven, Shai Agnon, Moshe Shamir, Ahad Haam, Berdyczewski, Brainin, Hazaz, Amos Oz and A.B. Yehoshua. Completed a comprehensive review-essay on Aharon Appelfeld, the well-known author of works inspired by his experiences as a child survivor of the Holocaust.
Price: $75.00