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
Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2006. First Gorgias Press edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). VII, [1], 217, [1]pp. Original illustrated paper covered boards, with white lettering to spine and front cover. "Through literary, historical, archaeological, and engendered readings, this collection of essays presents a multidisciplinary analysis of rabbinic texts..... 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
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1969. Second Impression. Hardcover. Quarto. (cxxxiv) 658pp. Original beige dust jacket with black and brown lettering on the front cover and spine. Beige cloth boards with gilt lettering on a red label on the spine. Printer's device on title page. This monument of rabbinical..... 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
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
Wien: Israel.-Theol. Lehranstalt, 1916. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 294pp. Original printed wraps. 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 on theological, homiletic, and philosophical subjects. Some age wear..... More
New York: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxiii,435pp. Mottled blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Minor age wear and staining on binding. "In recent years Targum Jonathan to the Prophets (TJ) has emerged as one of the most important sources for early Rabbinic..... More
Paks: Meir Rosenboym, 1867. Revised. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 160pp. Original three quarter leather over black paper-covered cloth. Decorative title page. Commentary on Psalms by R. Sussman Eliezer ben Mordecai Fischel Sofer (1830-1902). The commentary has been selected from the works of rishomim (early sages) ahronim (later sages), and the leading..... More
Jerusalem: Yesha'yahu Aryeh & Yehoshu'a Dvorkes, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Complete 3 volume set. 4to. 110pp. (12), 184pp. 148pp. (4). Brown cloth with gold lettering on cover in original printed orange illustrated dust jacket. A collection of the thoughts of the renowned early 20th century Jewish Sage Rabbi Israel Meir..... More
Madrid: Arias Montano, 1983. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 250pp. Original printed wrappers with red and black lettering on front cover and spine. Printer's device in red on back cover. Scarce work compiling the proceedings of the 5th Congress of the International Organization for Masoretic Studies (IOMS). The International Organization for..... More
London: Hunter & Longhurst, 1915. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, 371 pp. Blue boards with blue cloth spine. Minor age wear and scuffing to boards and spine. Slight fraying at head and foot of spine. Former owner's signature inside front cover. Chapter headings: The Trancendence of God; The Justice of God; The..... More
Jerusalem: Wigoder, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 163 pp. Original black cloth with pink cutout paper image pasted down on front cover. Marbled edges. Decorative ruling on title page in red and green. This item is a unique collection of a variety of books by the authors Me'ir Wigoder (located..... More
Cincinnati: American Israelite, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. 129, (1). Original purple pebble cloth with gold lettering on front cover. All edges red. Floral decorative endpapers. Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, a leader of 19th century American Reform Jewry, wrote this work of Jewish apologetics in response to Christian missionaries..... More
Poland: Leon J. Liebreich, no date. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 158 pp. Original three-quarter leather over decorative paper-covered boards. The book contains a series of three prefaces by the rabbis Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzhak) and Ramban (Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman). Furthermore it contains the text of the Shir Ha-Shirim..... More
London: Published by the author, 1952-1955. Only edition. Hardcover. Complete 2 volume set. 4to. 255pp. 182pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece photograph of Israel Baruch Zinober. A collection of rabbinic legal responsa relating to “Shulhan Arukh” by Leb Shalm Zinober. Also includes sermons on..... More
Fürth: Josef ben Hakzin. First edition. softcover. Octavo. 98 leaves. Original red endpapers, binding missing. Beautifully decorated title page. Decorative initials. Contains Midrashim on Ruth, Yehoshua, Kohelet, Shoftim, Samuel, Melekhim, Yeshayah, Yermiyah, Yekheskiel, Hoshea, Yonah, Micah, Habakuk, Zkharyah and Malakhi with Ziskind's explanations. Text in Hebrew (Rashi script). Front endpaper..... More
Leipzig: Otto Schulze, 1881. First German translation. Hardcover. Large octavo. VIII, 587pp. Half leather over marbled paper covered boards. Publisher's device on title-page. Fascinating first ever translation of the Midrasch Echa Rabbati to German. Ex-library copy with library stamps at rear of front and back boards, and on title-page. Edgewear..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 310pp. Original gray cloth with gold lettering and Hebrew Union College emblem on spine. Early 20th century work of academic scholarship by a Reform rabbi on converts to Judaism in the classical period. Mostly focuses on rabbinic literature, but..... More