Atlanta: Scholar Press, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv. 263 pp. In English, translated from the Hebrew. Orange cloth with white lettering on front cover and spine. Book condition: Fine. Part 114 from the "Brown Judaic Studies" series. More
Northvale, NJ; London: Jason Aronson Inc., 1990-1991. First edition, second printing (Volume I), first printing (Volume II). Hardcover. Quarto. XXI, [5], 318, XXVII, [7], 316pp. Original printed dust-jackets over cloth, with gold lettering on front covers and spines. Long accepted as the standard code of Jewish law and practice, the..... More
Nürnberg: J. Bulka, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 120pp. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Fascinating work on the leading medieval Jewish scholar, Catalan rabbi, philosopher, physician, kabbalist, and biblical commentator that was Rabbi Moses ben Nachman Girondi, Bonastruc ça Porta also known as Nahmanides. Slight age-toning along edges..... More
Cincinnati: Quarto. 74 leaves. Original brown cloth over light brown printed wraps. Aspects of Jewish Homiletics Volume IV. Lectures delivered under the auspices of the department of Midrash and Homiletics at Hebrew Union College. Mimeographed lecture, 1959. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 74 leaves. Original brown quarter cloth tape over light..... More
Wien: Verlag der Israel.-Theol. Lehranstalt, 1912. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. LX, [4], 120, [4], 23, [1]pp. Unopened copy. 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..... More
Wien: Verlag der Israel.-Theol. Lehranstalt, 1913. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [4], 235, [1]pp. 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..... More
Madrid: Arias Montano, 1983. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (10 3/4 x 7 1/2"). 250pp. Original printed wrappers with red and black lettering to front cover and spine. Printer's device in red on back cover. This work contains the proceedings of the 5th Congress of the International Organization for Masoretic Studies..... More
New York: Stanford and Swords, 1847. Hardcover. Sm. octavo. xi,245,[24pp). Brown cloth with blind-stamped border and gold lettering on spine. Commentaries on Jarchi on Isaiah xi., Kimchi, Aben Ezra, etc., biographical notes on Maimonides, Abarbanel, Saadis the Gaon, as well as various extracts from other works. 24 page publisher's advertisement..... More
Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, 1979. Second Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. (xxii) 692 (1), & (5) 693-1089pp (1). Glossy orange paper covered boards, with black and white lettering on front cover and spine. Translated from the Hebrew by Israel Abrahams. Extensive survey by Professor Urbach of classical..... More
Leipzig: Otto Schulze, 1883. Softcover. 8vo. 65pp. Decorated wrappers. Wraps almost detached. Chipping and closed tears on spine. Staining on title-page. Work on the more playful homiletics found in the Talmud and Midrash. Text in German. Overall good to fair condition. Scarce. More
Los Angeles: Western Jewish Institute, [1936]. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [4], 20pp. Original printed wrappers. Scarce booklet in which the author covers many parts of Biblical and Talmudic studies showing clearly why "An American Judge Looks at the Talmud" for information and inspiration. Age toning and minor chipping along edges..... More
Warsaw: M. A. Glikman, 1882. Later printing. Softcover. Large Quarto. 81pp. Rebound in decorative wrappers. Decorative ruling on title page. Decorative endpiece. Commentary on the Talmud, tractate Baba Metziya chapters 1-10, with commentary of Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki), RambaM (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon), the RiF (Rabbi Isaac al-Fasi), Tosefta and..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. XIV, [2], 347, [1]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Publisher's logo in gilt at tail of spine. Comparison of the two main centers of Jewish Life, Ashkenaz [Germany, Central Europe] and Sepharad [Spain, later..... More
Jerusalem: Carmel, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 240 pp. Brown covered boards with white lettering on front cover and spine. Text in Hebrew with additional English title page. Interesting work on a seldomly studied area by a distinguished scholar and prolific author in the field of Hebrew literature and language..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1936. Second Impression. Hardcover. 12mo. 6, XXVIpp, 161, 162-348 leafs. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Top edges gilt. Ribbon marker in second volume. Publisher's logo on each title page. The present volume, being a selection from the..... More
Shamloya: Bi-defus Shelomoh ha-Levi Haimlaikh, 1926. First edition. Paperback. 8vo., 106 pp. Original decorative wrappers. Title page with decorative ruling and printed in red. Booklet features Jewish law with Talmudic approaches to Niddah, ritual impurity (due to discharges, the menstrual cycle and seminal emission) and commentaries. Text in Hebrew (Rashi..... More
Berlin: M. Poppelauer, 1913. First edition. Softcover. Royal octavo. Vi, 107, [3]pp. Original printed wraps with printer's device on front cover and title-page. Scarce and fascinating work on the Baraita on the Thirty-two Rules (or Baraita of R. Eliezer ben Jose ha-Gelili). It is a baraita giving 32 hermeneutic rules..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 5741 (1981). First edition. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. xiii,[1],609pp. Red cloth with gold and white lettering on spine in original dust jacket. "Tanna Debe Eliyyahu (lit. The Lore of the School of Elijah) is a Midrashic work thought to have been composed between the..... More
Krakow: Druck U. Verlag von Josef Fischer, 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. XLVIII, 167 pp. Red cloth.Small closed tears along spine. A few pages have become detached, but all are present. Browning to pages due to age, otherwise is in good condition. Text in Hebrew. The author, Salomon Buber (1827 - 1906)..... More
Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XIV, 142, [2]pp. Original cloth with blind-stamped printer's device on front cover and title-page. The present study grew out of a seminar on Hosea led by Millar Burrows. It was presented to Yale University in 1958 as a Ph. D. dissertation in..... More
Frankfurt a. M. Sänger & Friedberg, 1912. Hardcover. 8vo. xx,448pp. Rebound in three-quarter maroon cloth over textured black cloth. Minor age wear, scuffing and staining on binding. Foxing on front and rear endpapers. Top corner on page VI creased. Text in German, Gothic script. Tight copy in overall very good..... More
New York: Ktav Publishing House, Inc., 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XXIII, [1], 122, VIII, [2], 108pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Rabbi Solomon ben Adreth of Barcelona (1235-1310), also known as Rashba, was considered an outstanding rabbinic authority, and more than 3,000 of his..... More
NP, n/d. Softcover. Quarto. [6], 208, [2]pp. Original printed wrappers. Scarce work being a compilation of 16 discourses delivered between 1923 and 1924 by Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman in his congregation of Keneseth Israel, in Philadelphia. Wrappers age-toned along edges and spine. Upper corners chipped. Lower corner of front cover..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1926. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. XCVI, 232, VIIIpp. Original printed wrappers. Rabbi David Kimhi (1160-1235) was well-known for his commentaries on the prophets. His thorough work on the first 39 chapters of the book of Isaiah makes up the main portion of this monograph. Finkelstein..... More
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, (1997). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 367pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original printed dust jacket. An academic study of reforms to the traditional Jewish siddur in the 19th and 20th centuries. These changes came about out of a perceived..... More