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
Mainz: Joh. Wirth'sche hofbuchdruckerei, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [6], 203, [1]pp. Half cloth over marbled paper covered boards. Scarce and fascinating work on Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808 – 1888), who was a German rabbi best known as the intellectual founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz school of contemporary..... 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
St. Joseph, MO: St. Joseph Steam Printing Co., 1888-89. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 132, [2], 135-320pp. Modern black cloth with gold lettering on spine. First edition of this authoritative work on the history of the Sabbath, a weekly day of rest and/or time of worship observed in Abrahamic religions and..... 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
Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. X, 476pp. Full library buckram with white lettering on spine. Fly leaf inscribed, signed and dated by the author. Fascinating study which examines the transformation of Jewish culture from pre-modern, rabbinic, and halakhic Judaism, defined by practices of male learning..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Hermon Verlag, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [8], 133pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on front cover. Stamp of the Reichsinstitut für Geschichte des Neuen Deutschlands library on free front endpaper, title-page and on page 43. Printer's device on title-page. Scarce and fascinating work in which..... More
Leipzig: Drugulin, 1909. Hardcover. 8vo. xiii, 119pp. (2). Paper wrappers bound in brown paper board case. This dissertation is a study of the Aramaic Kaddish prayer. It follows the terms used to their sources in biblical and rabbinic literature. David de Sola Pool studied Semitics at Jews College in London..... More
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. ix,[2],564,[4]pp. Blue cloth with white lettering on cover and spine in original printed dust jacket. "Das Thema dieser Untersuchung, die Vorstellung von der Schekhinah in der rabbinischen Literatur, ist bereits Gegenstand zahlreicher wissenschaftlicher Erörterungen gewesen. In der recht umfangreichen..... 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. "In the immediate centuries after the Romans’ destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple in 70 CE, Jews and Christians..... More
Breslau: M. & H. Marcus, 1928. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. viii, 196pp. Original gray Wraps with black ruling and lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. Won the Lewy Award for this work and was subsequently recommended to be published, according to the report of the Jewish Theological Seminar of..... More
Austria: Menorah, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XXXIX, 352pp., 8. Original half cloth over paper boards. Authoritative commentary with preface by Leopold Fleischer. Abraham Ibn-Ezra (1089-1164) was a Spanish Jewish scholar, poet, grammarian, biblical commentator, philosopher, astronomer, and physician. His commentary on Exodus was first published only in 1840, and..... More
Vinkovci (Slavonien): Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1908. Softcover. 8vo. 54pp. Age toning, staining and minor creasing to wraps. Minor chipping on tail of spine, slight staining to bottom edge of last few pages not affecting text. Pages unopened. Interesting comparative study of the Talmud and the New Testament by Rabbi Arthur..... More
Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/2"). XXI, [1], 201, [1]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over gilt-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. "In this study, Jonathan S. Milgram demonstrates that the transformation of inheritance law from the biblical to the..... More
New York: Ktav Publishing House, Inc., 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XLII, 442pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Signature and Ex-libris of Eugene Mihaly on free front endpaper. Fascinating work, being a reprint of the 1930 edition, and focusing on Judaism's relation to the New..... More
Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann, 1894. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 116 pp. Original paper wrappers. Important work on the classical rabbinic figure of Rabbi Ismael, who has an entire work of Rabbinic Homiletics that bares his name. Text in German. Foxing and age wear to wrappers. Signature of former owner on title..... More
Wien: Israel.-Theol. Lehranstalt, 1916. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 294pp. Dark green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Original wraps bound in. Scarce and fascinating work written by one of the most renown Austrian theologians of the 19th century, Adolf Schwarz. As a veteran rabbinic scholar, he was a prolific writer..... More
Munkacs: Bernath Meisels. First edition. hardcover. Quarto. 54 leaves. Original three quarter cloth over decorative paper-covered boards with small decorative paper heart pasted to front cover and printed label on spine. Contains seven chapters of teachings for students, whose soul is so calm (i.e. ready) to learn about those wonderful..... More