Jerusalem: Sura Publication, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 222pp. (2). Original printed wrappers over cloth with gold lettering on boards and spine. Printer's device on both title-pages. Fascinating work in which Meir Havazeleth, in a collection of his Hebrew articles, examines the use of geonic literature by Maimonides. Text is..... More
Jerusalem: Mossad Ha-Rav Kook, 1983. Hardcover. This 2-volume set is signed and inscribed by the author, Joseph Safran, Professor Emeritus of Jewish Education (Yeshiva University) in pen at the free front endpaper of volume 1. The inscription reads: "B"H. P"A Menahem (?) Av Tav-shin-mem-vav*. To Mr. Lane Hartster, Director, Public..... More
New York: Platt & Minkus, 1924. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 242pp, 263pp, 327pp, 367pp & 303pp. Original dark blue cloth boards 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..... More
Leipzig: Otto Schulze, 1881. First German translation. Hardcover. Large octavo. VIII, 587pp. Half black cloth over black buckram with title-label laid on spine. Publisher's device on title-page. Fascinating first ever translation of the Midrasch Echa Rabbati to German. Some edgewear on binding with book rebacked and handwritten title on title-label..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2004. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. VI, 327, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Remarkable issue of The Review of Rabbinic Judaism, the first and only annual to focus upon Rabbinic Judaism in particular, publishes principal articles, essays on method and criticism, systematic debates, occasional notes, long book reviews, reviews of..... More
Vienna: NP, n/d. Hardcover. Small quarto. 98pp. Original gold stamped black cloth. Exlibris Rabbi Philip Kleinmann. Fascinating work discussing the conversation between G-d and Moses regarding the service in the sanctuary. Slightly bumped at head and tail. Very slight bumping to edges. Agetoning throughout, otherwise good+. More
Leipzig: Buchhandlung Gustav Fock, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xi, 704pp. Original green quarter cloth over green boards with black ruling, lettering and publisher's logo and gilt ruling and lettering on spine. In-depth study of the forms of passing on and receiving traditional teachings going back to the oldest bearers..... More
New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 256pp. Original decorative wrappers over cloth. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed in English, and back of front board inscribed and signed in Hebrew by the author. Publisher's device on both title-pages. Fascinating work which restores the..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1979). Reprinted with corrections. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. xxi,379pp. Tan and brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Tail of spine slightly bumped, minor sunning on cloth. John Bowker analyzes early Jewish exegesis with particular focus on the Targum biblical translations and..... More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., (1968). Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. lxv,314pp. 208pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Back board slightly dampstained. Small white stains on upper part of front board. Part I: Introduction, Translation, Literature and Index (in English). Part II: "The Book of Exempla" (Hebrew..... More
Oxford: University Press, 1928. Hardcover. 8vo. x, 244 pp. Red cloth binding. Corners bumped. With nine plates. Spine sunned. Overall, in good+ condition. Gollancz was a British rabbi and professor of Hebrew at University College, London. More
New York: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1956. First printing. Softcover. Octavo. [20], 437, [1]pp. Original decorative wrappers over yellow cloth with silver lettering on front cover and black and silver lettering on spine. Printer's device on title page. This captivating work is an intellectual endeavor out of the..... More
New York: New York University Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xxv, [1], 265pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board in original printed dust jacket. Printer's device in gilt on spine. Frontispiece. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work in which the author examines the most representative..... More
Jerusalem: Ha-Madpis Lifshits, 1931. Hardcover. Quarto. 88 pp. Black buckram with gilt lettering on cover and spine and decorative symbol. Brown marble endpapers. Half-title page with red lettering and stamp symbol. Title page with red lettering within illustration of alter. Blind stamp on back board. A collection of 15 short..... More
Jerusalem: Mossad Ha-Rav Kook, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. 485pp [Hebrew pagination]. 1/4 leather over brown cloth in original dust jacket. Ex-libris Rabbi Isaac David Essrig, author of "The fountain of wisdom". Work by Rav Cook, one of the most influential Rabbis of what now is considered "religious Zionism" [see below]..... More
New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xxxv, 518pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering and ruling on cover and spine. Collection of previously published classic articles in the field of Second Temple era and early rabbinic views on messianism. Covers such topics as Justin Martyr's..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. ix, 190pp. 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, emphasizing that..... More
Skotschau, Östr.-Schlesien: Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1912. Softcover. 8vo. [2],118pp. Original wrappers. Front-and back wraps separated, in two parts. Spine missing. Heavy chipping and age toning to wraps. Pages unopened. Text in German. Wraps in poor, interior in very good condition. More
Philadelphia: NP, 1924. Softcover. Sm. octavo. 63,[2]pp. Original printed wraps. Frontispiece b/w reproduction of a photograph showing Reverend Sabato Morais. "One Wednesday evening, April 18, 1923 (Iyar 2, 5683), the Congregation Mikveh Israel in the City of Philadelphia celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Sabato Morais by..... More
Paris: Albin Michel, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 246pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers. Half title-page inscribed in Hebrew and signed by André Neher. Frontispiece. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work exploring the theology of Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel, widely known to scholars of Judaism as the Maharal of Prague..... More
Prague: Moshe ha-Levi Landa, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 192, 43 pp. Original three-quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards with printed label attached to head of spine. Two title pages: one in Latin and one in Hebrew with the title inserted in German. The publication contains two books, translated by..... More
Vilna: Bi defus Ha-Almana veHa-Achim Ram, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 128pp. Original half leather over red marbled paper-covered boards. "A skin of tears" (Nad shel Dema'ot) gives lectures, sermons, insights and advice on what one should and should not cry. Special awareness is given to mourners, biblical relations..... More
Leipzig: Otto Wigand, 1845. Hardcover. 12mo. xii. 492pp. 3-4 leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. Printed on high quality cotton rag. German translation of the seminal work of Saadiah ben Yosef Gaon (882 or 892–942), a renowned Sephardic Rabbi, Jewish Philosopher and exegete. Emunoth ve-Deoth ("Kitab al-Amanat..... 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
Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). XIII, [1], 272pp. Original illustrated paper covered boards, with white lettering to spine and front cover. "This book is the first attempt to apply formal pragmatics to Judaic studies as a discipline under the auspices of..... More