Jerusalem: Published by the Israel Exploration Society in Cooperation with The Hebrew Union College / Jewish Institute of Religion, 1975. Hardcover. 4to. xii,125,211pp. & plates. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. "The present volume of Eretz-Israel is dedicated to the memory of the late..... More
New York: J. W. Bouton, 1877. First American edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXVII, [1], 347, [3], 24, [2]pp. Uncut. Original black-, and blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spine. This remarkable work bears the marks of many centuries of the different conditions of the Jewish nation, as well as of the..... More
New York: Sepher Hermon Press, 1975. Hardcover. Octavo. 146, xii pp. White dust jacket with green lettering over green buckram with gold lettering. Hebrew on one side of DJ and English on the other. Includes English title page and preface. A historical examination of the debate as how to define..... More
Bridgeport: Hartmore House, (1971). Hardcover. large 8vo. iv, 86pp. Yellow cloth with black lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. First mass publication of a work first circulated in private in 1917. Claude Joseph Montefiore book is an attempt to bring the Hebrew and Greek traditions, which he saw..... More
Jersualem: Hierosolymis, 1923. Softcover. 4to. Original printed wraps. Contents: S. Klein - Die Künstlerstrasse Palstinas. E. Täubler - Das Land Kde und das Volk Gojim. E. Mahler - Budapest. J. Scheftelowitz - Die Bewertung der Aramischen Urkunden von Assuan und Elephantine für die jüdische und iranische Geschichte. V. Aptowitzer -..... More
Brunswick, Maine: The 1980 Harry Spindel Memorial Lecture, 1980. Softcover. 8vo. 30pp. Stapled wraps as issued. Minor staining and scuffing to wraps. Top right corner bumped throughout. Address label of "Rosalie G. Gershenzon" on rear cover. Booklet was sent in the mail as is without envelope. Overall very good condition..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1966. Hardcover. Ex-library. Sm. quarto. xxii,341pp. Gold-stamped blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. No brief period in Jewish history so permanently impressed its mark upon all subsequent ages as did the four decades of the early Sasanian Period. Every aspect of Jewish cultural and religious..... More
Atlanta: University of South Florida, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo. xv. 306 pp. In English. Yellow cloth, book condition fine. Part 83 of Brown Judaic Studies Series. Project editors: David Blumenthal, William Brinner, Ernest S. Frerichs, Lenn Evan Goodman, William Scott Green, Ivan Marcus, Marc L. Raphael, Norbert Samuelson and Jonathan Z...... More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1941. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. X, 307, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers over cloth with black lettering on spine. Remarkable work stating that Judaism, under divine providence, was a preparation for Christianity. Spine and edges of wrappers age-toned. Price clipped on front flap. Previous owner's..... More
Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1971. Hardcover. 4to. xx,[4],282pp. & plates. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. "This volume, the tenth in the Eretz-Israel series, is dedicated to H. E. Mr. Zalman Shazar, President of the State of Israel, in recognition of his life-work and..... More
Great Britain: Oxford University Press, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. ASIN: B00102K1QA. 8vo. xv, 135pp. Original black cloth with gold lettering, border and Oxford emblem on spine in original printed price clipped dust jacket. Based on lectures given at the University of Durham as part of the Jacobson Lectureship in Jewish..... More
Sarasota, FL: New College, 1970. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. III, [1], 84pp. Original printed wrappers. Title page inscribed and signed by Dr. Ellis Rivkin. "The Dynamics of Jewish History" was first delivered as a lecture by Dr. Ellis Rivkin at New College, Sarasota, Florida. It was so well received that..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, n/d. Softcover. 8vo. 7,1-7pp. pp. Stapled wraps. Sunning and creasing to wraps. Underlining throughout. Mimeographed typescript. Lower right corner slightly creased throughout. Reprints from two articles in The Jewish Heritage by Dr. Ellis Rivkin who was a Professor of Jewish History..... More
New York: Schocken Books, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv. 239pp. Red cloth with gold lettering to spine in original dust jacket. Captivating study by A. Sharf on Byzantine Jewry covering the period from the reign of Justinian to the time of the Fourth Crusade. Tail of spine slightly bumped..... More
New York: Bloch Publishing Company, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. 43pp. Sienna cloth with lettering in brown on front cover. Minor rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. Slight staining to boards. Ex-libris of Arthur S. Wolpe to inside of front board. Underling with purple marker on..... More
Atlanta: Scholars Press, (1990). Hardcover. 8vo. vii, 258pp. (7). Original orange cloth with gold lettering and borders on cover and spine. A study of how women were viewed by the 1st century Jewish theologian Philo. The book places Philo within the context of hellenistic thought and follows his reading of..... More
Paris: Editions du Centre, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 123, [3]pp. Modern blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. First edition of this history of the Jewish communities in the Byzantine Levant from 1204 to the beginnings of Turkish domination. Minor and sporadic soiling to binding. Previous..... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1985). Hardcover. 4to. 261pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. History and analysis of the famous Dead Sea Temple Scroll by Yigael Yadin, one of the foremost archeologists of the 20th century. Yadin passed away shortly after finishing this book..... More
Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XII, 78pp. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Publisher's logo on title page. Remarkable work shedding a new light on the history of the Second Jewish Commonwealth. The first Jewish commonwealth was ended by..... More
Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, 1977. Hardcover. Large 8vo. (5), 499pp. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. A collection of essays on Judaism by the great early 20th century Israeli historian Gedalyahu Alon. Topics include the rabbinic view of the Hasmoneans, Philo's Halakha and Johanan b...... More
Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2014. Reprinted from the 2004 Gorgias Press second edition. Softcover. Quarto (9 x 6"). XII, 336pp. Original illustrated wrappers. "Jefferies' "Wisdom at Qumran" is the first monograph devoted to the literary forms of the text of 4QInstruction, the longest wisdom composition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This..... More
Cincinnati: "The Reconstructionist" 1962. Softcover. 8vo. 14pp. Stapled wraps. Sunning to wraps. Minor underlining throughout. Mimeographed typescript. Dr. Rivkin was a Professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew Union College. Overall very good condition. More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 1968. Softcover. 8vo. 22pp. Stapled wraps. Sunning and creasing to wraps. Underlining throughout. Mimeographed typescript. Reprints from The Jewish Quarterly Review, Volume XLVIII - October, 1957. Dr. Rivkin and Dr. Ochs were Professors of Jewish History at the Hebrew Union College..... More
Jerusalem: Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, 1986. Hardcover. Volume IV of the now seven published volumes, containing the findings of archaeological excavations at the great mound of Tell Gezer by the HUCBASJ (Hebrew Union College Biblical and Archaeological School, Jerusalem). Two parts bound in two volumes. Part 1, Text: Dever..... More
Boston; Chicago: The Pilgrim Press, 1918. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. [4], 185-284pp. Original printed wraps, with printer's device on front cover and title-page. Fascinating work providing for a thorough and detailed study of the political and civic history of the Hebrews from the rise of the nation to the days..... More