Leiden: Brill, 2019. First edition. Octavo. x, 479, (1)pp. Indices and 43 page bibliography. Green buckram lettered in white with red band near top of spine. A fine, as new copy. Tanḥum b. Joseph ha-Yerushalmi (d. 1291, Fusṭāṭ, Egypt) was a rigorous linguist and philologist, philosopher and mystic, and a...... More
Leiden: Brill, 2016. First edition. xviii, 177, (2), (179)-528pp. Indices and 21 page bibliography. Text in English, Hebrew and Arabic. Green buckram lettered in white with red band near top of spine. A fine, as new copy. This volume contains a critical edition and an introduction to the Arabic translation..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 375, (3)pp. Indices and 16 page bibliography. Text in English with occasional Hebrew. Lime green buckram lettered in white. A fine, as new copy. This volume explores how the poetic technique of biblical metaphor was analyzed within the Jewish exegetical tradition that..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: Spectator Publishing Company, ND. Limited ed. Hardcover. 8vo. 252 pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Frontis piece displaying b/w facsimile photograph f the author with a facsimile of his signature underneath. Joseph Leonard Levy was an English Rabbi and graduate of the University..... More
Jerusalem/London: The Ministry of Education and Culture of Israel/ American Academy of Jewish Research/ Ararat Publishing Society, 1953-1960. First edition. Softcover. Quartos. Vol.1: 242pp. [2]. Vol.2: [4] 244-472pp. [2]. Vol.3: [4] 474-686pp. [1]. Vol.4: [3] 688-882pp. [3]. Vol.5: (xl) [8 pages of plates] 137pp. [2]. Tan and beige printed wrappers..... More
Breslau: M. & H. Marcus, 1929. Softcover. 2 volumes. 4to. 356,[146]pp. 404,[67]pp. Original printed wraps. Each volume in two parts, one in German, the second in Hebrew. Articles by Isaak Heinemann, Albert Lewkowitz, Israel Rabin, Michael Guttmann, Joseph Cohn, Max Dienemann, Julius Guttmann, Felix Lazarus and many others. Published in..... More
Frankfurt: Baurhoffer, (ca. 1809). Hardcover. 2 volumes in one, with two title pages. 8vo. 148 pp. 150 pp. Followed by a double-page leaf of errata from both volumes. 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Printed on high quality cotton rag. First volume printed on green background. 2-volume work titled "fragments from..... More
New York: Platt & Minkus, 1924. Reprint. Hardcover. Complete 5 volume set. Original black cloth with gold lettering on spine. A history of the Jewish oral law from the biblical period through R. Joseph Karo's writing of the Shulhan Arukh. R. Isaac Hirsch Weiss was a prominent 19th century Talmudic..... More
Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer, 1907. Hardcover. 3 volumes bound in one. 8vo. 186 (2)pp. 201pp. 237pp. Olive cloth with blind-stamped lettering to spine. Marbled page edges. Green endpapers. Work on Bible Exegesis (Midrash). As stated, translated for the first time into German by renowned Christian Hebraist, August Wünsche (see below). Minor..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [English text] xviii, 283pp. Index and 26 page bibliography. [Hebrew text] xiii, (1), 279pp. Green buckram lettered in white with red band near top of spine. A fine, as new copy. This is a serious academic work which will find its place in..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxvi, 563, (1); (6), 637, (1)pp. Indices. Gray dust jackets lettered in black, over dark blue cloth with gold lettering and printer's device on spine. Scarce in dustjackets. "The first English translation of The Midrash on Psalms presents a wealth..... More
Nowydwok: Anton Kriger, 1787. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 58 leaves. Half leather over marbled paper covered boards (marble rubbed off at one of the boards, see below). Lacking Title page. Work by renowned German Talmudist and Rabbi Aryeh Löb Ben Hayyim Kats a.k.a. Breslau. [his last name is often given..... More
Berlin: D. Friedländer, 1842. Hardcover. 8vo. (6) 114pp. 3/4 black cloth over black paper covered boards with modern handwritten label at spine. Brown endpapers. Printed on high quality cotton rag. This work, titled "Assortment of gems," is a collection of Proverbs and Sayings from Jewish Sources as well as from..... More
London: Trübner and Co., 1877. 8vo. x, 252 pp. + 78 p. Hebrew appendix "He`tek perush ha-Raba` `al ha-Torah" (romanized form) has special t.p. Includes bibliographical references. The author Michael Friedländer (1833 - 1910) was an Orientalist and principal of Jews' College, London. He is best known for his English..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. IX, [1], 190pp. Uncut. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Floral patterned decorative endpapers. An example of late 19th century American Reform religious apologetics. Dr. Grossmann attempts to reconcile the modern scientific study of religion with Judaism..... More
Berlin; Wien: R. Löwit, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. IV, 577, [1], 54pp. Original 3/4 burgundy cloth over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Top edge red. Jubilee volume in honor of Adolf Schwarz's seventieth birthday. Adolf Schwarz (1846-1931) was one of the most distinguished rabbis of..... More
Padua: Coi tipi di A. Bianchi, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 648 pp., Black paper-covered boards. Two title pages, one in Hebrew, one in Italian. Pages 3 to 11 in Hebrew, pages 12-648 bilingual, Hebrew and Italian. Samuel David Luzzatto was born in Trieste 1800 and died in Padua 1865..... More
New York: J. W. Harrison, Book and Job Printer, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. 16mo. 153pp. Original brown cloth. Copyrighted by Charles G. Olmsted. Critical review of Paul's letter to the Hebrew which is assumed to be addressed to Jewish Christians to avert the danger of apostasy. "Has not Paul told..... More
Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Vol. 1: "Pisqot One through Fourteen" xxi, 245 pp. Vol. 2: "Pisqot Fifteen Through Twenty-Eight and An Introduction to Pesiqta deRab Kahana" xix. 252 pp. In English, translated from the Hebrew. Green cloth with silver lettering on front covers and spines. Minor..... More
Dessau: Moses Dessau, 1701. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 30 leaves. Modern black cloth binding. A collection of discourses on the Jewish holidays and other events. Includes speeches on the resurrection of the dead, eulogies and the pidyon ha-ben. Uses the Amsterdam Hebrew font. Text in Hebrew. Heavy staining and worming..... More
Tel Aviv: Nahar Miskal, 1988. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 21 English intro pages, 18 Hebrew intro pages, 184 double facsimile pages (368pp). Original blind-tooled brown leather with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Facsimile of the beautifully decorated Lisbon Bible, a unique medieval Hebrew manuscript that was completed..... More
Leipzig: Otto Schulze, 1880. Softcover. 8vo. xvi. 165 (2)pp. Illustrated wrappers. Illustrated title page. Work on Bible Exegesis (Midrash) of the Book of Ecclesiastes (a.k.a. Kohelet). As stated, translated for the first time into German by renowned Christian Hebraist, August Wünsche (see below). Minor age wear. Minor browning. Otherwise clean..... More
Leipzig: Otto Schulze, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes boiund in 1. 8vo. VIII, 298 pp. Blue cloth with black spine. Work is the first German translation of the classical rabbinic text of Shemot Rabbah. The author, Karl August Wünsche (1839 - 1913) was a German Christian Hebraist who devoted..... More
Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/2"). [6], 189, [5]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over gilt-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. "Following the analysis of the Hebrew basis-text through the edition of the Genizah fragments (2003) and the synopsis of..... More
Warsaw: Joseph Levensohn, 1890. First edition. Paperback. Octavo, 96pp. Gray plain wrappers. Decorative ruling on title page. Haim Yosef David Azulai ben Isaac Zerachia (1724 –1806) was a Jerusalem born rabbinical scholar, a noted bibliophile, and a pioneer in the publication of Jewish religious writings. Haim Yosef David Azulai was..... More