Leipzig: Gustav Fock, 1912. Softcover. 8vo. Ex-library. 142, [2]pp. Original printed wrappers bound in modern maroon and decorative cloth. Typewritten title-label pasted on spine. Work on the inscriptions at the Jewish catacombs in Monteverde near Rome. The catacombs near the ancient Via Portuensis were discovered in 1602 and contain a...... More
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1910. First edition. Softcover. 4to. viii, 69pp. Original ivory wrappers. Frontispiece drawing of the Temple of Solomon. An attempted reconstruction of the Jewish Temple based on comparative Near Eastern culture. Contains b/w drawings of coins and examples of Near Eastern art as well as..... More
New York: John B. Alden, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 46pp. Original gold and black-stamped maroon cloth. Remarkable history of the Jewish Nation after the destruction of Jerusalem's famous Second Temple, and the sacking of the city in 70 A. D. Previous owner's name in ink on free front endpaper..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, n/d. Softcover. 8vo. 21pp. Stapled wraps. Some sunning and creasing to wraps. Underlining throughout. Mimeographed typescript. Dr. Ellis Rivkin was a Professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew Union College. "Prepared for Conference of Scholars, Weil Institute, Cincinnati on The Effects..... More
Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber's Verlag, 1907. Softcover. 8vo. 39pp. Original wrappers. Work on Jewish-Assyrian Papyri scrolls from Assuan. Age wear, staining and minor tears to wrappers, not affecting text. Minor browning to inside. Overall clean and tight. In Aramaic (in Hebrew script) and German. Wrappers in fair, interior..... More
New York: The Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1959. Limited First edition. Softcover. Quarto. X, 182pp. Original printed wrappers. Remarkable study on emancipation and the structure of the Jewish community in revolutionary France. Moderate age wear on wrappers with spine sunned, and minor creasing along edges. Wraps in overall good- to..... More
London; New York; Toronto: Abelard-Schuman, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 231, 232-509pp. Original green slipcase. Orange dust jackets with Jewish motifs. White and dark green lettering on front covers, dark green lettering on spines. Beige cloth boards with blue publisher's insignia on front covers and blue lettering on spines. Printer's..... More
Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society, 1984. Hardcover. 4to. [4],307,304pp. & plates. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. Signed by H. M. Orlinsky on title-page. "On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Abraham Jacob Brawer, and on the 70th anniversary of the..... More
New York: NP, 1915. Hardcover. Ex-library. Lg. 8vo. xiii,235pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Interesting thesis on the toleration and persecution of the Jews in the Roman Empire. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the faculty of political science..... More
London: Jews' College, 1910. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [2], 36pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wraps with printer's device on front cover and title-page. Fascinating work on the life of the Jews in the Babylonian exile. Some age wear on wraps with spine and edges of covers age-toned and..... More
Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016. First edition. Softcover. Large octavo (8 1/2 x 6"). XII, [2], [4], 461, [5]pp. Original printed dust-jacket, with black and white lettering to spine and covers. "Hardly an archaeological discovery has so revolutionized our understanding of ancient Judaism and the emergence of the Hebrew Bible as the..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv,239pp. Blind-stamped gray cloth with dust jacket. Some staining and creasing to dj. Minor chipping to head of spine on dj. Dust jacket in good-, book in very good condition. More
New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1963. Limited numbered first printing. Hardcover. Quarto. XVII, 18-118pp. Deluxe binding. Original decorative dustjacket over decorative cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine. Illustrated endpapers depicting the Holy Land. Half title-page inscribed, dated and signed by the author to the President of the..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1969). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. lv, 899pp. Red cloth with silver and black lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Systematic study of the Old Testament in terms of its use of Near Eastern mythology organized by verses. Theodor Gaster makes use of..... More
Jerusalem: Published by the Israel Exploration Society in Cooperation with The jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1978. Hardcover. 4to. xii,130,194pp. & plates. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. "In dedicating this volume, the fourteenth in the Eretz-Israel series, to Professor Harold Louis Ginsberg, the..... More
Andover: M.A. Berk, 1843. Second American from the First Edinburgh Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. xviii, 395 pp. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece of a steel engraving with Bible scripture. The History of the Jews, from the Taking of Jerusalem by Titus, to the Present Time, Containing an..... More
Berlin: Institut Kirche und Judentum, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 403 (5)pp. Original illustrated light blue boards with black and white lettering on cover, black on spine. Account on the Rabbi Akiva, a leading contributor to the Mishnah and the Midrash Halakha in the 1st and 2nd century B.C. Collection..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. (ix) 378pp. In original illustrated dust jacket with orange lettering on front cover and spine. Black cloth boards with white lettering on spine. The book is a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the Jewish life, culture, language..... More
New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 4to. ix, 207pp. Primarily in English with Hebrew and Greek. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Classical work by one of the greatest Talmudic scholars of the twentieth century on the influence of Greek culture..... More
New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1962. Second edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. (xvi) 231 pp. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and publisher's device on spine. Includes an address on Louis S. Brush, by Professor Alexander Marx, at the front. The work is an examination of the Hellenistic influences..... More
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1923. Softcover. 12mo. 30pp. (1). Original paper wrappers. Essay on the Jewish origins of the Christian communion ritual. Includes an introduction by M. Maurice Vernes. This pamphlet is the opening part of a larger printed work. Text in French. Strong age toning, but still readable. Overall in..... More
Paris: La Renaissance du Livre, 1932. Later printing. Paperback. Octavo. XVI, 603, [1]pp (text), XII leaves (plates). Uncut. Original printed wrappers. Comprehensive monograph on Israel from its beginnings to the middle of the eighth century, illustrated with 3 maps, 12 plates and 38 in-text figs. Some creasing on spine. Moderate..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd, 1961. Fourth Impression. Hardcover. 8vo. xxiv. 378pp. Gilt-stamped blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Head and tail of spine bumped and rubbed. Minor wear to edges. Some chipping, tearing and discoloration to dj. Frontispiece. "In the first part of this..... More
Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. Published with a Special Grant from The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund of Baltimore, Maryland, 1969. Hardcover. 4to. [8],139,176pp. & plates. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. "In dedicating this ninth volume of the Eretz-Israel series to a unique scholar and most..... More
Jerusalem: Published by the Israel Exploration Society in Cooperation with The Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, 1981. Hardcover. 4to. viii,89,419pp. & plates. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. "This volume in the Eretz-Israel series is dedicated to the memory of Yohanan Aharoni, as..... More