Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XX, [2], 289, [1]pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Publisher's logo on front board and title page. In this volume, the author analyzes Tractate Demai ("Doubtfully Tithed Produce") in Mishnah and Tosefta, the earliest extant..... More
Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XI, [1], 160, [12]pp. Original olive cloth with silver lettering and ruling on spine and front cover. Shaver's thesis is straightforward: The Torah book of the Chronicler contained more than the canonical Pentateuch. Thus, the canonization of the Torah has not yet..... More
Berlin: Reichszentrale für Schächtangelegenheiten, 1931. Softcover. 8vo. 31pp. Original wrappers. Work on different aspects of Shechitah [Kosher Slaughtering], both from the viewpoint of the Jewish religion and from the viewpoint of animal rights. Illustrated with a couple of b/w plates. Minor age wear to binding, with binding staring to split..... More
New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XVII, [1], 316pp. Uncut. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Printer's device on title page. Talmudic laws are discussed in detail in Louis M. Epstein's "Jewish Marriage Contract" to give us a Jewish..... More
New York: Hebrew Publishing Company in conjunction with the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York, 1987. First printing. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. 256, [12]pp. Tan cloth with blue lettering on cover and spine in original printed dust jacket. The author "sees Judaism as a whole and makes clear that..... More
New York: The Jewish Center, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [10], 242pp. 258pp. Original grey cloth with illustration pasted on covers and gold lettering on boards and spine. Each title-page in orange and black lettering. Frontispiece portrait of Rabbi Leo Jung. A collection of papers on Jewish topics by various..... More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 403pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. J. D. Bleich's work deals with the application of Jewish law to contemporary, social, political, technological, and religious problems. Age wear and creasing on dj. Head..... More
NP, n/d. Softcover. Reprint of an academic article on Shechitah [Kosher Slaughtering], that was originally published in "Berliner Tierärztlichen Wochenschrift" [Berlin Veterinarian Weekly] in 1928 (see above). 8vo. 8pp. Original wrappers missing. This academic article is a response to a statement by the municipal veterinarians of the German region of..... More
Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XIV, 250pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering and ruling on spine and front cover. This study examines the role of intention in the Mishnah, a handbook of rules written ca. 200 C. E., by a group of sages living in the..... More
Bene Berak: Yeshivat Ohel Yosef, 1983. Hardcover. Folio. 448pp. Modern cloth binding. The author, Rabbi Moses Feinstein, was the leading judicial arbitrator of Jewish Law in the 20th Century (see below). This volume is devoted to his lectures in Seder Nezikin (of the Mishna) including discussion of Torts, property rights..... More
Berlin/London: Rimon Publishing Co., 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. 54 pp. Tan cloth over illustrated tan paper boards with gilt lettering and illustration on the front cover. This monograph by Dr. Moses Gaster (1856-1939), discusses the Jewish historical tradition of the Ketubah (marriage document). The book is illustrated throughout..... More
Berlin: Juedischer Verlag, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 104, [8]pp. Original thin vellum with gold lettering, and embossed illustration of Moses in gilt on front cover. Publisher's logo on title page and back cover. Collection of 4 essays on Moses, illustrated with 12 tissue-guarded tipped in plates after illustrations by..... More
New York: Bloch, (1963). Hardcover. 8vo. 222pp. (1). Green pebbled cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original printed yellow dust jacket. Work examining biblical ritual law from a medical perspective. Discusses dietary laws, Sabbath observance, ritual slaughter and marriage. D/j spine sunned. Back of d/j repaired with..... More
Berlin: Druck von H. Itzkowski, 1819. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 42 pp. Original paper wrappers with text continued onto back cover. In German with many Hebrew selections. Age wear to wrappers, otherwise book is in good condition. More
NP, n/d. Softcover. Reprint of an academic article on Shechitah [Kosher Slaughtering], that was originally published in "Monatshefte für praktische Tierheilkunde" [Monthly Magazine for practical application of veterinary medicine] (see above). As is mentioned, this article was not sold to the public in retail book sale [Nicht einzeln im Buchhandel..... More
Munkatsh: Ba-defus shel ha-shutafim Blayer et Kahn, 1894. Hardcover. Folio. 132p. Half cloth over marbled boards. Decorated title page. Work of responsa on the Talmud. Age wear to binding. Back cover missing. Last leaf and end paper detached but available. Lower left hand section (2"x5") missing. Paper is brittle. In..... More
Trieste: Morterra & Cie. 1904. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 162pp. Original printed wrappers. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Written by Italian rabbi Emilio Schreiber, this work is a historical and philosophical diatribe about Judaism, in which the author confronts and counters the arguments of Prof. Gustavo Sacerdoti with precise and..... More
Riga: Vardes, 1925. First edition. Folio. 67 leaves. Covers are detached but present. Spine missing. Pages brittle. Decorated title page. Responsa to all sections of Shulchan Aruch. In Hebrew. Poor condition. As is. Bet Eked, V. 3, p.1015, item #1676. More
New Haven/ London: Yale University Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. English section: (x) 191pp. [2]. Hebrew section: 40pp. Printed beige dust jacket with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Red buckram boards with gilt lettering and publisher's device on the spine. The main text of the book..... More
New York: Hermon Press, (1968). Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 224pp. Mottled blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. "The distinguished 19th century legal historian compares the Biblical-Talmudic view with that of the New Testament and Mohemmedan law. He also discusses such related subjects as forbidden marriages..... More
Birmingham: The Christadelphian, (1952). Hardcover. 8vo. 208 pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. White endpapers. Work on Jewish Law, by English Orientalist W. F. Barley. In typical colonialist facon, the work ends with a chapter titled "Christ the End of the Law: The Law fulfilled and superseded". Contains..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xv,231pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Tail of spine slightly bumped. Ex-libris of Paul M. Steinberg on inside of front board. Paste-down 'In Memoriam' of the author opposite title page. No. IV of "Monographs..... More
Milano: Rusconi, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 470, [2]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over red cloth with gold lettering on spine. First edition of this captivating work on the Jewish origins of Jesus in particular, and of Christianity in general. Written by Riccardo Calimani, the renowned Italian writer and historian, specialised..... More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXXIV, 259, [1]pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This remarkable volume on Jewish law in ancient and modern Israel contains the following essays: The secularization of divine law, by H. H. Cohn; The..... More
New York: Shulsinger Bros. 1967. Hardcover. Large Octavo. 108pp. Black paper-covered boards with gilt lettering in gilt vignette on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Decorative title page. Book is a collection of topics are taken from the Aggadah, the literary transmission of tradition and the Sha"S, which is a...... More